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Elliott

American  
[el-ee-uht, el-yuht] / ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl jət /

noun

  1. Herb(ert James), born 1938, Australian track athlete.

  2. Also Elliot. a male given name, form of Elias.


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Elliott declined to comment, and Air Liquide didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

To appreciate the leap Elliott made, and how he got others to follow him, let’s quickly go back to his first company, which involved AI therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

“I think we were just about two years too early from what the technology could do because a couple of years later that product category ended up exploding,” Elliott said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Elliott spent hours watching through the kitchen window of a local resident's home, hoping to photograph black bears that frequently pass through the garden.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

It’s a jersey cotton T-shirt with the logo from Elliott Smith’s Figure 8.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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