Berkshire

[ burk-sheer, -sher; British bahrk-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. Also called Berks [burks, bahrks]. a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1,255 sq. km).
2. one of an English breed of black hogs, having white markings on the feet, face, and tail.
3. a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.

Berkshire

/ -ʃə; ˈbɑːkʃɪə /

noun

1. a historic county of S England: since reorganization in 1974 the River Thames has marked the N boundary while the Berkshire Downs occupy central parts; the county council was replaced by six unitary authorities in 1998. Area: 1259 sq km (486 sq miles) Berks
2. a rare breed of pork and bacon pig having a black body and white points

Example Sentences

In his 2018 letter to shareholders, Buffett wrote, “Charlie and I never will operate Berkshire in a manner that depends on the kindness of strangers.”

From Washington Post

Berkshire, which operates 21,860 miles of natural gas pipeline stretching from Texas to the Canadian border—part of the country’s largest interstate natural gas pipeline system—is pitching the state legislature on a “Texas Emergency Power Reserve.”

From Quartz

Berkshire is a freelance journalist who lives in Massachusetts.

From Washington Post

Berkshire has been chipping away at its Wells Fargo stake in recent months after more than three decades holding onto that bet.

From Fortune

He kept all of his 925 million shares in Bank of America, a $22 billion investment that’s Berkshire’s largest after Apple.

From Fortune

Berkshire East ski resort near the Vermont border, which has 44 trails, has taken this power-production drive a step further.

From The Daily Beast

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is expected to provide about 25 percent of the deal's financing.

From The Daily Beast

The “Peter Pan of Pop” was away in Portugal when police raided his Berkshire home.

From The Daily Beast

The boys began helping the Household Cavalry shift sandbags for flood victims at Datchet, Berkshire, at 6am today.

From The Daily Beast

Buffett said that three-quarters of his businesses under the Berkshire Hathaway umbrella are doing better.

From The Daily Beast

By that time the decay of domestic spinning and the rise in the price of food were causing much distress in Berkshire.

From Project Gutenberg

He remembered the stones upon the Berkshire downs, the stolid, unperceiving, eternal stones.

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During his life he purchased the estate now in possession of the family of the Calverts, at Marcham, in Berkshire.

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He had brought with him his two sons out of Berkshire; and certainly, if he liked any thing, it was these boys.

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Spent the morning at the "Berkshire," posting my journal and attending to private and business correspondence.

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