Sutherland

American  

[suhth-er-luhnd] / ˈsʌð ər lənd /

noun

1. Earl Wilbur, Jr., 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.

2. George, 1862–1942, U.S. politician and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1922–38.

3. Dame Joan, 1926–2010, Australian soprano.

4. Also called Sutherlandshire.  a historic county in N Scotland.

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Sutherland ¹ British  

/ ˈsʌðələnd /

noun

1. Graham. 1903–80, English artist, noted for his work as an official war artist (1941–44), for his tapestry Christ in Majesty (1962) in Coventry Cathedral, and for his portraits

2. Dame Joan, 1926–2010 known as La Stupenda. Australian operatic soprano

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Sutherland ² British  

/ ˈsʌðələnd /

noun

1. (until 1975) a county of N Scotland, now part of Highland

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Example Sentences

“It’s like any industry: A lot of what it is,” Sutherland said, “is who you know.”

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Benchmark analyst Bill Sutherland reiterated a Buy rating and $13 price target on the shares, highlighting Agilon’s “particularly strong” medical margin in the quarter.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

This approach builds on a theory proposed in 2021 by Dr. Raghavendra Srinivas and Robert Tyler Sutherland.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

But Bill Sutherland, a biologist at the University of Cambridge, has found that some dogma in conservation is flat-out wrong when put to the test.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

From every part of the Highlands and Islands, from Ross and Argyllshire, as from Sutherland, hundreds and thousands were forced to fly, whether they would or not.

From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins