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Bakewell

British  
/ ˈbeɪkwɛl /

noun

  1. Robert . 1725–95, English agriculturist; radically improved livestock breeding, esp of cattle and sheep

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bakewell emphasized that the research is still in its early stages but shows significant promise.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Led by Dr. Clare Bakewell, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, the researchers created highly reactive aluminum molecules capable of breaking some of the strongest chemical bonds.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr., executive editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel, condemned Raman’s actions last week in an editorial that invoked the O’Jay’s 1972 hit “Back Stabbers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

As Bakewell suggests, if tragedy was integral to civic administration, so too was comedy’s outspokenness integral to democratic accountability.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Wild picked his way carefully over the quaking deck and found William Bakewell and Walter How asleep from exhaustion.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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