Cornell
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Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.
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Katharine, 1898–1974, U.S. actress.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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Ruppert, a molecular biologist with a PhD, was at SDU when the study was performed and is now at Cornell University in New York.
From Science Daily
Among the most prominent were Duke, UCLA, Princeton, the University of Virginia, the University of Arizona, and Cornell.
From Literature
A Cornell physicist has calculated that the universe may be nearing the halfway point of a total lifespan of about 33 billion years.
From Science Daily
Yet he considered the authors to be his friends, even if they did not know it yet, he said during the Cornell talk.
From Los Angeles Times
Earlier in her career at Weill Cornell Medicine, Balbach helped show that blocking a critical sperm enzyme caused temporary infertility in mice.
From Science Daily
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