Blackstone

[ blak-stohn; blak-stuhn ]

noun

1. Sir William, 1723–80, English jurist and writer on law.
2. a river in S Massachusetts, flowing SE across NE Rhode Island to Pawtucket. About 40 miles (64 km) long.

Blackstone

/ ˈblækˌstəʊn; -stən /

noun

1. BlackstoneSir William17231780MEnglishLAW: jurist Sir William . 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US

Example Sentences

In 2019, Wolfe Herd took the helm of MagicLab, renamed to Bumble Group, in a $3 billion deal with Blackstone, replacing Badoo founder and CEO Andrey Andreev following a harassment scandal at the firm.

From TechCrunch

Blackstone, known for its sprawling corporate real estate portfolio, has been remarkably resilient in the pandemic, a phenomenon it attributes to betting early on the rise of the technology and life sciences industries.

From Fortune

Blackstone, known for its sprawling corporate real estate portfolio, has been remarkably resilient in the pandemic, a phenomenon it attributes to betting on the rise of the technology and life sciences industries.

From Fortune

A major way that executives at private equity firms like Blackstone make money is by taking a share of profits when the companies they invest in are sold.

From ProPublica

We subsequently edited information to add new speakers who presented at Blackstone in later years.

From Washington Blade

Blackstone's investment will allow Versace to grow financially and continue to expand on a global scale into new markets.

From The Daily Beast

Big shots like Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone and Steven Cohen of SAC Capital may garner the headlines.

From The Daily Beast

Last week, David Johnson, senior vice president for strategy at Dell, took a new post with Blackstone.

From The Daily Beast

But Blackstone Group, one of the largest private-equity firms, is an obvious candidate.

From The Daily Beast

There was only one little incident: Wei's husband was legal counsel for Blackstone on a major deal in China.

From The Daily Beast

There is a very characteristic letter by John Wesley, and close by it a letter by Blackstone, part of which is worth reproducing.

From Project Gutenberg

Judge Blackstone suggested ethicks, but Johnson and Steevens kept to checks.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir William Blackstone places the possession of land upon a different principle.

From Project Gutenberg

Not liking to live so near a large colony of Puritans, Blackstone sold them his house and land, and went to settle elsewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

Though it may not be in use in this Court, yet I think it better authority than Blackstone or any law-book that ever was written.

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