Ferdinand
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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After being summoned over the incident by President Ferdinand Marcos, however, China's ambassador to Manila told reporters it would have no effect on long-gestating efforts to craft a Code of Conduct for the crucial waterway.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
As one intelligence analyst put it to me last week: His inspiration may be Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the general who commanded French forces at the Battle of the Marne in 1914.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Two of Kingsley’s four children, his younger sons, Ferdinand and Edmund, became actors, a decision their father endorsed with his whole heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
In Peking, in the 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit astronomer, was able to build instruments based on his designs without ever having seen Brahe’s originals.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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