Akbar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“It looked like the sun was inside his cell,” said Akbar “Block” McClennon, 39, a fellow student in the prison’s college program who was locked up on the same gallery as Bori.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
For his 1973 album “Geeta,” Mr. Lloyd invited into his ensemble Aashish and Pranesh Khan, sons of Ali Akbar Khan, one of the greatest figures of 20th-century North Indian music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Plaid's Caerdydd Fynnon Taf MS Zaynub Akbar then said: "I'm going to leave this because I don't accept any of this and I don't want to be a part of it."
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
A recipe from the court of Akbar reportedly called for equal parts of lentils, rice and ghee, according to NPR.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
On April 17, 1978, the year Mariam turned nineteen, a man named Mir Akbar Khyber was found murdered.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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