Whitney

American  

[hwit-nee, wit-] / ˈʰwɪt ni, ˈwɪt- /

noun

1. Eli, 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.

2. John Hay, 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.

3. Josiah Dwight, 1819–96, U.S. geologist.

4. William Dwight, 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).

5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4,418 meters).

6. a male given name.

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Whitney ¹ British  

/ ˈwɪtnɪ /

noun

1. Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts

2. William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)

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Whitney ² British  

/ ˈwɪtnɪ /

noun

1. a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)

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Example Sentences

However, the metric blew past analysts’ low expectations, and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said Bumble was adding AI tools to help users find more relevant matches.

From Barron's

The press preview for the Whitney Biennial ran out of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pixar’s robot animals have a righteous cause in ‘Hoppers,’ the Whitney Biennial takes the temperature of American art, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If you’re assuming you have to pay a tariff, then the only way to lower your liability is to change the value a bit,” said Dave Townsend, an international trade lawyer at Dorsey & Whitney.

From The Wall Street Journal

A DJ, dressed in a traditional barong, blasts a dance remix of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” as a crowd gathers to take a shot of fish sauce together.

From Los Angeles Times