Cleve
Americannoun
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Per Teodor 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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More large solar farms came online this year, including the biggest at Cleve Hill near Faversham, in Kent.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Cleve Mesidor, executive director of Blockchain Foundation, a nonprofit working to educate the public about the crypto industry, said legislation to provide a governing framework for stablecoins is likely to see support this year.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
“I used to make fun of that bar because it was full of older men, and we would call it ‘the Glass Coffin’ or ‘the Wrinkle Room,’ ” Cleve told me.
From Slate • May 22, 2024
It continued in 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2013 by David Weaver, Cleve Wilhoit and their colleagues at Indiana University.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
“They’d had to clean that stool Ed was sitting on,” Cleve Goins laughed.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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