Peabody
Americannoun
-
Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
-
Endicott, 1857–1944, U.S. educator.
-
George, 1795–1869, U.S. merchant, banker, and philanthropist in England.
-
a city in NE Massachusetts.
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Peabody Energy and other coal stocks advanced Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Testament to its accomplished production, “Wishbone” received a Peabody Award as well as four Daytime Emmy Awards.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
These include "Bunker," a massive fossil displayed at the University of Kansas, and "Sophie," which is exhibited at the Yale Peabody Museum.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
It brought back the quote after General Electric took over Wall Street firm Kidder Peabody and an insider remarked, “What we need in here is a good tool-and-die man.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Peabody did commit to the fair, but Hunt and the others did not: “they said,” as Burnham later revealed, “they would think it over.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
