Becker

[bek-er]

noun

1. Carl Lotus 1873–1945, U.S. historian.

2. George Ferdinand, 1847–1919, U.S. scientist and mathematician.

3. Howard Paul, 1899–1960, U.S. sociologist.

Becker

/ ˈbɛkə /

noun

1. Boris (ˈbɒrɪs). born 1967, German tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1985, 1986, and 1989: the youngest man ever to win Wimbledon

Example Sentences

The previous La Niña — active from January until about April of this year — “was a substantial player” in the region’s dry winter, said Emily Becker, research associate professor at the University of Miami who studies the El Niño Southern Oscillation ,or ENSO.

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Another winter with La Niña could further worsen those conditions, Becker said.

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But Becker said that warming ocean temperatures caused by human-caused climate change have been magnifying some of the effects of La Niña.

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“La Niña is occurring against a background of very warm global oceans and that’s making La Niña behave like it’s stronger than it looks,” Becker said.

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“More than ever, we’re focusing on managing demand and supply in line with our ‘value over volume’ strategy,” sales and marketing chief Matthias Becker said.

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