Lorenz

American

[lawr-uhnz, lohr-, loh-rents] / ˈlɔr ənz, ˈloʊr-, ˈloʊ rɛnts /

noun

Adolf 1854–1946, Austrian orthopedic surgeon.
Konrad (Zacharias) 1903–1989, Austrian ethologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1973.

Lorenz British

/ ˈloːrɛnts /

noun

Konrad Zacharias (ˈkɔnraːt tsaxaˈriːas) 1903–89, Austrian zoologist, who founded ethology. His works include On Aggression (1966): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

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Educational AI, he told journalist Taylor Lorenz, generated “false information” or “illogical questions, illogical texts.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

It could, thus, have been hardly coincidence that Dudamel opened the program with the premiere of “Humboldt’s Nature” by Venezuelan composer Ricardo Lorenz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

He stars in Blue Moon - a character study of Lorenz Hart, a formerly successful songwriter struggling with the huge hit his former partner Richard Rogers is having with the musical Oklahoma!

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Chris Lorenz, Professor of Computational Materials Science at King's College London and leader of the UK research team, highlighted the broad potential of the findings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Lorenz, as I said, took the animals he wanted to observe home with him.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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