Lilienthal
Americannoun
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David E(ly), 1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.
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Otto 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer and inventor.
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Example Sentences
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“It’s caused a great amount of uncertainty,” Lilienthal told Salon in a phone interview.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2025
His principal day-to-day adversary was David E. Lilienthal, seven years younger and equally brilliant, one of the Authority’s three directors and later the first head of the Atomic Energy Commission.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Cho first saw wild ballooning spiders on a walk through Berlin's Lilienthal Park — a memorial to Otto Lilienthal, a German aviation pioneer who died from a gliding accident in 1896.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018
Under the direction of David Lilienthal, beginning in 1933, the TVA workers erected a series of dams to harness the Tennessee River in the creation of much-needed hydroelectric power.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Bobby was furious when he saw the issue and became more incensed when he learned that Lilienthal had been paid for the photo.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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