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Bruxelles

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

noun

  1. Brussels.


Bruxelles British  
/ brysɛl /

noun

  1. the French name for Brussels

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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert did so through the sale of six million Concentrix shares on April 29 in a block trade pursuant to Rule 144 at a price of $22.25 per share.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

“Defense spending is so big that it would really be a major game-changer in terms of basic and military-applied research,” said Guntram Wolff, professor of economics at Université Libre de Bruxelles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

He shared the samples with Cem Berk Senel, a paleoclimate modeling researcher at the Royal Observatory of Belgium who was then a graduate student at Université Libre de Bruxelles.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

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

The French today have a delicious dish, Choux de Bruxelles aux Marrons—Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

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