Bernstein

American  

[burn-stahyn, -steen] / ˈbɜrn staɪn, -stin /

noun

1. Leonard, 1918–90, U.S. conductor, composer, and pianist.

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Bernstein British  

/ -stiːn, ˈbɜːnstaɪn /

noun

1. Leonard . 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)

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Example Sentences

“You don’t do one thing,” says William Bernstein, a money manager and author of The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

The legacy carrier will try to help JetBlue be successful with their extensive loyalty and booking collaboration, but an actual tie-up “just seems mathematically not doable,” Kirby says at a Bernstein investor conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When Bernstein was at the White House, he and his colleagues operated with the belief that bad enough consumer sentiment would eventually drag on spending, investment, and growth.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The Luce departs from much of Ferrari’s traditional design language, but that may not be a bad thing, Bernstein says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Theodore Bernstein, The Careful Writer: “There is nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive... except that eighteenth- and nineteenth- century grammarians, for one reason or another, frowned on it.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker