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Bruxelles

American  
[bry-sel, bryk-] / brüˈsɛl, brük- /

noun

  1. Brussels.


Bruxelles British  
/ brysɛl /

noun

  1. the French name for Brussels

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lowered its stake in the customer experience services provider to 2,773,667 shares.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

A native of Brussels, David has a bachelor’s degree from Université Libre de Bruxelles and a master’s from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Co-author Pierre Gaspard at the Université Libre de Bruxelles developed a reaction scheme and theoretically imposedperiodically changing temperatures to replicate the experimental rates and selectivities of the reaction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman, has topped the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound poll.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022

The loops of the bows may be filled in with point de Bruxelles or any fine stitch preferred.

From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.

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