Yale
Americannoun
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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).
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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).
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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For this study, the Yale team successfully used a dual patch clamp technique on fully intact mouse retinas.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar, a constitutional historian, argued that the history of birthright citizenship is clear and not subject to revisionist thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
He reported that he has spoken to Yale President Maurie McInnis twice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A growing number of prestigious universities — including Stanford, Harvard and Yale — and public university systems in Tennessee, Georgia and Texas have reinstated testing made optional during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The chairs in his study bear the logo from their alma mater, Yale, which Vic notes the family mispronounces as jail.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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