Kendall

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.

2. a male given name.

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Kendall British  

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin. 1886–1972, US biochemist, who isolated the hormone thyroxine (1916). He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1950) with Phillip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their work on hormones

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Kendall

Kendall Omoruyi finished with 19 kills for 14-0 Sierra Canyon, which won the Mission League opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

After his reelection in 1832, Jackson nominated Kendall to be postmaster general.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

“There’s good alignment about what is needed from the regulators that we work with, like the ones in the U.K., and clear expectation of what’s needed technically,” Kendall said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall described developing the technology as "the space race for our generation" but added there were some "really hard problems to solve" along the way.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

He’d made a fresh supply and was painting again, which was the thing that finally convinced me we’d seen the last of Mr. Kendall.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk