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Beveridge

American  
[bev-er-ij, bev-rij] / ˈbɛv ər ɪdʒ, ˈbɛv rɪdʒ /

noun

  1. Albert Jeremiah, 1862–1927, U.S. senator and historian.

  2. Sir William Henry, 1879–1963, English economist.


Beveridge British  
/ ˈbɛvərɪdʒ /

noun

  1. William Henry , 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain

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More fundamentally, the attack on Iran will only reinforce China’s bid for energy self-reliance, said Neil Beveridge, who tracks China’s energy sector at Bernstein Research.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Mark Beveridge, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said: "Our proposals aim to reduce the total adverse effects of noise from aircraft, improve capacity and minimise delays, and lower emissions per flight through more direct routing."

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

This Beveridge curve represents a relationship between unemployment and job opening rates and typically slopes downwards.

From MarketWatch Oct. 9, 2025

“The U.S. labor market is now perilously close to the ‘kink’ in the Beveridge curve — the point where falling openings tend to correspond to rapidly rising unemployment,” says Peter Berezin, chief global strategist.

From MarketWatch Oct. 9, 2025

Senator Beveridge: “Yes; you said he ought to be prudent.”

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.

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