Kavanaugh

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

    "In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre."

Example

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"Host Carol Castiel speaks with Jennifer Kavanaugh, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the phenomenon of “truth decay” — a diminishing reliance on facts and analysis in American public life as well as the insidious spread of disinformation which threatens to undermine democracy."

Etymology

Variant of Kavanagh.

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