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scopes

[skohps] / skoʊps /


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In the end, Scopes was convicted, which was later overturned on appeal.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2025

The following year, he defended a Tennessee schoolteacher named John Scopes who was accused of teaching evolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

One hourlong episode will focus on the 1925 Scopes trial, in which a science teacher was prosecuted for informing students about Darwin’s theory of evolution.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Scopes was the shop name for the shrouded trackers attached to American communications satellites.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer



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