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Knies

American  
[knees] / knis /

noun

  1. Karl Gustav Adolf 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.


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Toronto made it 2-0 with 2:13 left in the game when Nylander moved in alone after taking a pass from Matthew Knies and slid a backhander between Swayman’s pads.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

The team announced early in the second period that Knies would not return.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2023

Rybar stopped Brendan Brisson and Sean Farrell in the shootout before Matt Knies shot wide.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022

"It’ll be a moment I won’t forget for a long time," said Knies, who also played for the U.S. against Slovakia in the world junior championship in December.

From Fox News • Feb. 15, 2022

But this perpetuality, brother, as Knies said, of the immutability of the old zoology, did not long hold out against the ever swelling tide of the historical movement.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)