Dawson

[ daw-suhn ]

noun

1. Sir John William, 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator.
2. William Levi, 1899–1990, U.S. composer and conductor.
3. a town in NW Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers: former capital of the Yukon Territory.

Dawson

/ ˈdɔːsən /

noun

1. a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)

Example Sentences

Showing the villi in their three-dimensional glory was difficult, Dawson says.

From Science News

Dawson says her “most exciting job ever” in aerospace was working as an aerodynamic flight controller at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

From MIT Technology Review

Before last fall, Dawson, 44, a dermatologist from Portland, Oregon, routinely saw 25 to 30 patients a day, cared for her 3-year-old daughter and ran long distances.

From Time

Dawson says she can’t imagine the “darkness” experienced by patients who lack her access to a network of health care professionals.

From Time

That was a wake-up call for Dawson, who was reminded that opportunities and jobs are fleeting.

From Fortune

But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.

From The Daily Beast

Jenny Slate and Rosario Dawson make out at midnight because everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.

From The Daily Beast

Joey was strong, resourceful, plucky, goofy, and vulnerable—and, of course, you hoped she would pick Pacey over Dawson.

From The Daily Beast

Mass shootings are also not unprecedented, having happened at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 and at Dawson College in 2006.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, LaFrieda, Hanna-Korpi, and Dawson all see a general back-to-basics approach from hereon in.

From The Daily Beast

The cattle train started toward Dawson about the same time, and Champlain's Landing was left to the captain's party.

From Project Gutenberg

He's going to winter on a claim of his near Dawson, and wants me to work for him up there, but I don't know about it.

From Project Gutenberg

Have Miss Dawson at station to identify him when train arrives.

From Project Gutenberg

He has been identified by Miss Dawson; that is proof enough.

From Project Gutenberg

Dawson surrendered, and from that hour to the present, Oregon has been ruled by law.

From Project Gutenberg