Yale

American  

[yeyl] / yeɪl /

noun

1. Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).

2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).

3. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

“Our study is the strongest evidence to date that reducing wildlife trade will reduce pandemic risk,” said Colin Carlson, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health and a co-author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

By then, Donovan had earned an architecture degree from Yale University and was designing homes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

According to the Yale Budget Lab, every dollar the IRS spends on audits yields more than $7 in returns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

At last check, U.S. consumers still faced a 13.7% effective tariff rate, down from 16% before the Supreme Court decision, according to the Budget Lab at Yale.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

He asked Gary Gorton, a Yale professor who had built the model that Cassano used to price the credit default swaps: Gorton guessed that the piles were no more than 10 percent subprime.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis