Lawrence
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D(avid) H(erbert), 1885–1930, English novelist.
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Ernest O(rlando), 1901–58, U.S. physicist: inventor of the cyclotron; Nobel Prize 1939.
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Gertrude, 1901?–52, English actress.
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Jacob, 1917–2000, U.S. painter and educator.
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James, 1781–1813, U.S. naval officer in the War of 1812.
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Latin Laurentius. Saint. Also died a.d. 258?, early church martyr.
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Sir Thomas, 1769–1830, English painter.
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T(homas) E(dward) T. E. ShawLawrence of Arabia, 1888–1935, English archaeologist, adventurer, soldier, and writer.
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a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
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a city in E Kansas, on the Kansas River.
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a town in central Indiana.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “a man of Laurentum.”
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Saint. died 258 ad , Roman martyr: according to tradition he was roasted to death on a gridiron. Feast day: Aug 10
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D ( avid ) H ( erbert ). 1885–1930, British novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Many of his works deal with the destructiveness of modern industrial society, contrasted with the beauty of nature and instinct, esp the sexual impulse. His novels include Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)
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Ernest Orlando. 1901–58, US physicist, who invented the cyclotron (1931): Nobel prize for physics 1939
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Gertrude. 1898–1952, British actress, noted esp for her roles in comedies such as Noël Coward's Private Lives (1930)
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Sir Thomas. 1769–1830, British portrait painter
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T ( homas ) E ( dward ), known as Lawrence of Arabia. 1888–1935, British soldier and writer. He took a major part in the Arab revolt against the Turks (1916–18), proving himself an outstanding guerrilla leader. He described his experiences in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926)
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff, who approved the protective order, said Thursday that he wasn’t ready to give the county the green light.
From Los Angeles Times
“Scrubs,” meanwhile, resumes under the spiritual guidance of its creator, Bill Lawrence, the man responsible for two broadly cherished comedies born within and in response to the pandemic: “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking.”
From Salon
Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.
Team owner Lawrence Stroll looked like the bottom had fallen out of his world as he stalked the paddock in Bahrain, his face betraying a combination of anger and despair.
From BBC
Prosecutors had challenged the acquittal of one of the two people found not guilty, lawyer Lawrence Lau.
From Barron's
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