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Bessent

Bessent proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Bessent (plural Bessents)

  1. A surname.
    • Hassett said Monday on CNBC that Bessent is helping lead Trump’s search for Fed chair.2025 August 5, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
    • Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing...2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025

Forms of Bessent

pluralBessents

Questions about Bessent

What does Bessent mean?
Bessent means a surname.
What part of speech is Bessent?
Bessent is a proper noun.

Words near Bessent in the dictionary

  1. bessemerization
  2. bessemerize
  3. bessemerized
  4. bessemerizes
  5. bessemerizing
  6. Bessent
  7. Bessents
  8. Besser
  9. Besser block
  10. Besser blocks
  11. Besser brick

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