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- proper noun A Scottish
surname , variant ofStirling . - proper noun An English surname, thought to be a variant of
Starling . - proper noun A male
given name transferred from the surnames.
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Examples
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STERLING - Willie M. Randle, out on parole on a six-year sentence for dealing cocaine, was arrested Wednesday with 143 grams in his possession, Sterling police said.
unknown title 2009
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A fatal motorcycle crash in Sterling is under investigation by the Loudoun sheriff's office, according to authorities.
Man dies in Va. motorcycle crash Washington Post Editors 2010
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Significantly, we found several remnants of the name Sterling and just as many remnants of the name Cary.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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Significantly, we found several remnants of the name Sterling and just as many remnants of the name Cary.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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Julia Sterling is a journalist and generally a smart woman, and yet she asks very few questions of Sam Butterfield when he gets her involved with his clinic and the phone sex research shes required to do for his book.
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As touching the Allay that is by ufe and cuftom fitted to that Money which we call the Sterling, or Sterling Allay; perchance we lliall not find that conftancy in the Allay as is generally thought.
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High School in Sterling Heights, Michigan, required its parents and students to sign (punctuation is from the original, not my addition):
A real Halloween fright: Costume contracts Valerie Strauss 2010
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NACT director Brook Watts said the change to Sterling is a natural fit for NACT.
North American Cyclocross Trophy series moves finale to Bay State 2010
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How many reporters, like the mad men in Sterling Cooper Draper Price, likewise miss what's right in front of them?
Diane Winston: Did Mad Men Get Religion? Diane Winston 2010
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RandyB, Tom Wilner of Shearman & Sterling is not one of the nine DOJ attorneys nor, as far as I can tell, are any of other attorneys at Shearman.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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