Blum

[bloom]

noun

1. Léon 1872–1950, French statesman, journalist, and Socialist Party leader: premier of France 1936–37, 1938, 1946–47.

Blum

/ bluːm /

noun

1. Léon (leɔ̃). 1872–1950, French socialist statesman; premier of France (1936–37; 1938; 1946–47)

Example Sentences

If they lacked the foresight to understand Roberts’s patient long game, or missed his invitation for another locality to challenge preclearance — this time, one that the court could not simply bail out — one person most certainly did: Edward Blum, the master matchmaker who found the Texas litigants, and would soon bring Shelby County to the court’s attention.

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“That’s a fine first chop of the log,” Blum told reporters as he left the court that morning.

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Curtis called up fellow film producer Jason Blum with her idea.

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Facing shrinking revenue and rising overhead costs, several other art galleries across the city, like Blum, Clearing and Tanya Bonakdar, have also recently announced the closure of their L.A. locations.

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“Suppose, instead, that a state passed a law making university admission more difficult for descendants of American slavery. Would anyone argue that such a law should be upheld? Of course not,” Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions and the lawyer who argued and won the case to ban affirmative action, said in a statement to The Times.

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