Moniz

American  

[maw-neesh] / mɔˈniʃ /

noun

1. Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas 1874–1955, Portuguese neurosurgeon: Nobel Prize 1949.

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Example Sentences

Board members include Ernest Moniz, a former U.S. energy secretary and nuclear physicist, and longtime investor Michael Schwab.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the Unstoppable films in this year’s program are Phil Moniz and Kevin Claydon’s sports comedy “Racewalkers,” Andrew Abrahams’ pediatric healthcare doc “Complicated,” Cameron S. Mitchell’s historical investigative doc “Disposable Humanity” and Alexander Freeman’s “My Own Normal,” a portrait of his own life with cerebral palsy.

From Los Angeles Times

In one scene, Firth’s Jamie and Moniz’s Aurélia are “swimming” in a lake to recover the loose pages of Jamie’s work-in-progress novel.

From Salon

Both Firth and Moniz had to kneel down to make the water seem much deeper.

From Salon

While most achievements are still celebrated, some awards have not aged well, such as Egas Moniz' 1949 prize in physiology or medicine for the since banned and discredited practice of lobotomy.

From Reuters