Wells
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Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
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H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.
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Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.
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Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.
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a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.
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Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company
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H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)
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Example Sentences
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Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were best friends who vanished after leaving a family barbecue in 2002 in their small town near Cambridge.
From BBC
His career included two decades in the institutional investment unit of Wells Fargo, and another five at the Leuthold Group.
From Barron's
Next he heads to Indian Wells - to defend the biggest title of his career - with valuable court time in the bank and the first step of a comeback likely to require patience completed.
From BBC
Within two days of arriving at the nursing home, Ritchie's family said they were called by staff in the middle of the night and an ambulance transferred Ritchie to hospital in Tunbridge Wells.
From BBC
Wells Fargo’s Mike Mayo, bluntly asked whether the bank was an AI winner or loser.
From MarketWatch
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