Luria

American  

[loor-ee-uh] / ˈlʊər i ə /

noun

1. Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.

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Luria British  

/ ˈlʊərɪə /

noun

1. Alexander Romanovich. 1902–77, Russian psychologist, a pioneer of modern neuropsychology. His most important work concerns the psychological effects of brain tumours

2. Isaac ( ben Solomon ). 1534–72, Jewish mystic living in Egypt and Palestine: noted for his interpretation of the Cabbala

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Luria Scientific  

/ lr′ē-ə /

1. Italian-born American biologist whose research on gene mutation and bacteria increased scientific understanding of the role of DNA in bacterial viruses.

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Former Rep. Elaine Luria, a moderate Navy veteran, won the primary in a Virginia swing seat she narrowly lost to a Republican in 2022.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

As for the Neo, Luria told MarketWatch that Apple saw “a need to expand its addressable market and engage with younger consumers that were defaulting into Chromebooks and low-end PCs.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Luria explained that users can “choose models, choose whether to look at internal data and choose which agent to use, or allow Copilot to route the prompt in the most efficient and appropriate manner.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

To pay growing computing bills to those and other AI giants, companies are likely to shave down non-AI software and hardware spending sold by traditional firms, said Gil Luria, head of technology research at D.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Kalckar, however, was obviously cultivated, and Luria hoped that in his civilized, continental company I would learn the necessary tools to do chemical research, without needing to react against the profit-oriented organic chemists.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson