Woodward

[wood-werd]

noun

1. C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.

2. Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.

3. a town in northwestern Oklahoma.

Woodward

/ ˈwʊdwəd /

noun

1. Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.

2. R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965

Example Sentences

According to Woodward, the otter now frequenting Steamer Lane has been actively pursuing surfers nearly every day since Oct.

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"What this episode has highlighted is just how interdependent our infrastructure is," said Prof Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey.

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Lt Col Matt Woodward, commanding officer of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, said what happened in April last year was unusual, because "the horses got lost".

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Woodward decision established clear limits on state power to intrude on private corporations, strengthening corporate rights and autonomy.

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In a letter sent to Department of Justice Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Democratic lawmakers lambasted the White House’s “conflicting and increasingly desperate statements” in response to allegations of bribery leveled at Homan.

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