brent
noun
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brent
1 American
[brent]
/ brɛnt /
noun
brents
plural
Brent
2
American
[brent]
/ brɛnt /
noun
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Margaret, 1600?–1671?, U.S. colonial landowner, born in England: regarded as an early feminist.
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a borough of Greater London, England.
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a male given name.
Brent
British
/ brɛnt /
noun
Example Sentences
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The 1989 series showcased birds such as Dartford warblers, oystercatchers and brent geese, and the current notes include a Jersey cow watermark.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
U.S. benchmark crude oil was at $75.25 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday, while brent crude, the international standard, was at $78.74 per barrel.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
Benchmark brent crude futures finished higher overnight at $69.67 a barrel, but have dropped more than 3% this week and are down more than 18% from October's three-year high.
From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2021
A barrel of brent crude oil costs roughly $50 more today than it did back then.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2011
But the barns were brent, the sheep gone, and the house down and the servants fled.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
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