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[ skohps ] SHOW IPA
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noun John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial, or Monkey Trial ) in 1925.
Words nearby Scopes scop, scopa, Scopas, scope, scope out, Scopes , Scopes trial, scoping, scoping study, scopolamine, scopoline
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Example sentences from the Web for Scopes In July 1925, the town hosted the Scopes Monkey Trial, a landmark case in the history of creationism.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson| July 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The Scopes Trial was a formative moment for modern creationism.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson| July 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
So the results of the Scopes primary are in, and they are, in a way, not surprising.
Michael Tomasky: Romney Barely Hanging On After Alabama and Mississippi | Michael Tomasky| March 14, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The Scopes law was explicitly aimed at what children could be taught.
Gay Marriage's Great Hope | Linda Hirshman| January 14, 2010| DAILY BEAST
As everyone knows, Scopes lost the case in 1926 and the prohibition against teaching evolution remained in force.
Gay Marriage's Great Hope | Linda Hirshman| January 14, 2010| DAILY BEAST
Our 'scopes on the Cometara had not been able to locate the projectile.
Wandl the Invader | Raymond King Cummings
The only ones permitted to talk were the controllers who had the aircraft on their scopes .
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He turned to the instrument console, checking the myriad of dials, gauges and scopes .
First on the Moon | Jeff Sutton
Do you have any way of knowing whether these scopes are boresighted when mounted by a mail-order house or not?
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Both the bow and the stern observers saw the enemy ship now with their 'scopes gazing directly along our Benson-light.
Wandl the Invader | Raymond King Cummings
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