Berkeley
Bus·by [buhz-bee], /ˈbʌz bi/, William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.
George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.
Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.
a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay.
a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
a male given name.
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How to use Berkeley in a sentence
To see Berkeley take a step forward we think will probably have a domino effect.
The US city that pioneered NIMBY zoning has finally abandoned it | Tim Fernholz | February 24, 2021 | QuartzIt was the week before Thanksgiving as my husband and I hunkered down with our newborn in Berkeley, California, learning from cable news that hospitals—like the one where we were—would soon be overrun by covid-19 patients.
What giving birth during a pandemic taught me about progress | Katie McLean | February 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn California, Berkeley, Oakland and Los Angeles have moved forward similar measures.
Kroger to close more stores instead of giving workers hazard pay | Eli Rosenberg | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostI “Zoomed” – the word had become a verb almost overnight – with Kishore Mahbubani in Singapore, Yolanda Kakabadse in Quito, Judith Butler in Berkeley, California, Alice Ruhweza in Nairobi and Jeremy Corbyn in London.
I Spoke To 99 BIG Thinkers About What Our ‘World After Coronavirus’ Might Look Like – This Is What I learned | LGBTQ-Editor | January 12, 2021 | No Straight NewsI was writing a book on the Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna.
mRNA Technology Gave Us the First COVID-19 Vaccines. It Could Also Upend the Drug Industry | Walter Isaacson | January 11, 2021 | Time
Edgar was invited to study at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at NYU in New York City.
I was also teaching my courses at UC-Berkeley much of that time, though I had time off in the summers and through a sabbatical.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBerkeley-based economist Enrico Moretti is also bearish on the future of the region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe came to Atari seven years ago, immediately after graduating from Berkeley.
Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.
Bacon proceeded next to Jamestown and defeated Governor Berkeley's forces there.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyGovernor Berkeley and many of his soldiers fled to the ships and sailed away.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyGovernor Berkeley at this time was aggravating the home situation of the Virginia colonists.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThis action aroused Governor Berkeley who immediately considered Bacon a traitor, and a civil war or rebellion resulted.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyLate in the afternoon of the same day a motor car, splashed with mud, drew up before the door of the house in Berkeley Square.
The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for Berkeley (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɜːklɪ) /
a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
British Dictionary definitions for Berkeley (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɑːklɪ) /
(ˈbɜːklɪ) Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals
(ˈbɑːklɪ) George . 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)
(ˈbɑːklɪ) Sir Lennox (Randal Francis). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)
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Cultural definitions for Berkeley
City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
Notes for Berkeley
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