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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

“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

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

It is being led by Tom Beveridge, the headteacher of Alderbrook School in Solihull, which has recently introduced a voluntary phone hand-in scheme for Year 7s.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

Like Beveridge, May conceives crises to result immediately from the glutting of markets for industrial products.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

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