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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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The company is “helping their customers manage the frontier models in a more efficient and effective way” than other companies, Luria said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

“If AI slows down, at some point that could reduce the demand for AI compute and the most impacted would be neoclouds, especially ones with leverage,” Luria said, referring to AI computing power.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Gil Luria, head of technology research at D.A.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

“It is hard not to see this as coordinated cartel behavior,” Luria said in a note to clients on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

My fourth-year thesis for religious studies concerned certain aspects of the cos­mogony theory of Isaac Luria, the great sixteenth-century Kabbalist from Safed.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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