Carteret

American  

[kahr-ter-it, kahr-tuh-ret] / ˈkɑr tər ɪt, ˌkɑr təˈrɛt /

noun

1. John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.

2. a city in NE New Jersey.

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Carteret British  

/ ˈkɑːtərɪt /

noun

1. John, 1st Earl Granville. 1690–1763, British statesman, diplomat, and orator who led the opposition to Walpole (1730–42), after whose fall he became a leading minister as secretary of state (1742–44)

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Example Sentences

William Hart II, whose son and nephew were the targets of harassment, said it was so unbearable — and the district’s reaction so inadequate — that he and his wife moved the family to Florida after just four months in Carteret County.

From Salon

On Jan. 16, investigators struck an agreement with the Carteret County district.

From Salon

Records show that no one from the OCR has responded to the Carteret County district since February, including to its request to dismiss the agreement and postpone any remaining reform efforts.

From Salon

"Our atmospheric escape models confirm the presence of helium flows, both ahead and behind the planet, extending in the direction of its orbital motion to nearly ten times the planet's radius," says Yann Carteret, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy at the Faculty of Science of the University of Geneva and co-author of the study.

From Science Daily

Prison governor John De Carteret said: "When a drone tries to breach the perimeter, it's repelled until it runs out of battery and then it slowly lowers itself down to the floor."

From BBC