Claude

American

[klawd, klohd] / klɔd, kloʊd /

noun

Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
Also Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”

Claude British

/ klɔːd, klod /

noun

Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria

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While Claude suggested a few more supplements than Perplexity, their overall responses were similar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

What’s more, SpaceX threatens to overshadow just about any other company that might look to IPO later this year, except maybe for ChatGPT owner OpenAI and Claude developer Anthropic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Claude maker Anthropic attacked the company’s ads test in ChatGPT with a Super Bowl commercial that Altman called “funny” but deceptive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Claude Code, the AI-powered helper for writing computer code, has become popular in recent months.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Miles went with me to the newspaper room, where I handed over my memory card to Claude Gunthrie, showing him the pictures of Britney’s spray-painted car.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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