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Carroll

American  
[kar-uhl] / ˈkær əl /

noun

  1. Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.

  2. Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

  3. Also Carrol. a male or female given name.


Carroll British  
/ ˈkærəl /

noun

  1. Lewis. real name the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. 1832–98, English writer; an Oxford mathematics don who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872) and the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

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Example Sentences

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AI development requires hundreds of thousands of chips operating simultaneously for weeks, according to Annapurna head of engineering Mark Carroll.

From Barron's

Outfielder Corbin Carroll stepped up to the plate for one of his first batting practice sessions of spring training earlier this month, took a swing and knew immediately that something was terribly wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

It sounds like a contradiction, but for Carroll, it's the difference between destiny and graft.

From BBC

Oatly's general manager for the UK and Ireland, Bryan Carroll, said the case was "a way to stifle competition and is not in the interests of the British public".

From BBC

The result, as one of my favorite socially critical musicians, Jim Carroll, told us, is that “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.”

From Salon