Dyer
Americannoun
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John, 1700–58, British poet.
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Mary, 1611?–60, American Quaker religious martyr, born in England.
Example Sentences
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Dyer lived in Theriot, Louisiana, and lost his mother and younger sister in a crash 10 years before his own death.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Dr. Dyer said: "It has been a pleasure working collaboratively on this project to redefine our understanding of immune cell recruitment to try and better treat inflammatory disease."
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
Doctor Bryce Dyer, a professor of sport technology at the University of Bournemouth, says that because skeleton is head first it is essential that the helmet is aerodynamic to cut through the air.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
“I am American-made through and through. I drive a Chevy pickup truck,” said Eric Ebert, a Dyer, Ind.-based owner of the construction-site monitoring firm Falcon Unmanned Systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The back of his chair rested against the old radiator Mr. Dyer never turned on because it clanked and banged like the sound of pylons being driven into concrete.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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