Yale
Americannoun
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Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
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Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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This means the device is working, says Prof Rachel Lampert, sports cardiologist and an electrophysiologist at Yale School of Medicine.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Yale economist Robert Shiller is widely credited with developing much of the theory behind perpetual futures contracts back in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Eliot, British only by adoption, the “pernicious effects” of whose work he encountered daily among his students at Yale.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Sokoloff, of Westwood, is 37 and graduated from Yale University.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
I mean, I’m an idiot too—I learned that with Kent at the Yale meetup.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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