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Steele

American

[steel] / stil /

noun

Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
Mount, a mountain in SW Yukon Territory, Canada, on the Alaska border in the St. Elias Range. 16,644 feet (5,074 meters).

Steele British

/ stiːl /

noun

Sir Richard. 1672–1729, British essayist and dramatist, born in Ireland; with Joseph Addison he was the chief contributor to the periodicals The Tatler (1709–11) and The Spectator (1711–12)

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Scott, Rio Ngumoha, Josh King, Jason Steele and Ethan Nwaneri have travelled as supplementary members of the England squad for their preparation camp in Florida.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Danielle Steele, a Fayetteville, Ga., 34-year-old with a 4-year-old daughter, put it another way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

John Steele Gordon writes on the history of business, finance and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

By Pamela Steele Counterpoint: 336 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Aronson and Steele found the same thing with the black students who did so poorly after they were reminded of their race.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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