Romney
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noun
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George, 1734–1802, English painter.
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George, 1907–1995, U.S. businessman and politician: governor of Michigan 1963–69.
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former name of New Romney.
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a male given name.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Romney
Named after a district in southwestern England
Example Sentences
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David and Jill Kenward, from Greatstone, near New Romney, said they were both diagnosed with tumours on their left kidneys and both had robotic surgery performed by the same surgeon to remove them .
From BBC
The board includes former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, former Utah senator and onetime GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and L. Rafael Reif, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A year after that, he endorsed Mitt “Binders Full of Women” Romney for president by comparing the Republican candidate with a successful CEO.
From Slate
Amusingly, Mr. Romney takes pains to point out that beneficiaries of this tax provision weren’t cheaters; they were playing by the rules.
The bigger issue with Mr. Romney’s proposals is that they ignore two inescapable truths.
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