Cleve

American  

[kley-vuh, kleev] / ˈkleɪ və, kliv /

noun

1. Per Teodor 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.

2. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

"Senators in the Philippines are very sensitive to national public opinion, because they imagine themselves as vice presidents or presidents in-waiting," says Cleve Arguelles, a political scientist who runs WR Numero Research, which monitors public opinion.

From BBC

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

Those earlier Gay Freedom Days were controlled by the proprietors of San Francisco’s many gay bars, who made the central march a kind of glorified bar crawl, says gay activist Cleve Jones, who was serving as an intern for recently elected city supervisor Harvey Milk.

From Slate

I’d also scheduled an interview with Cleve Jones—a longtime activist, a magnificent storyteller, and Harvey Milk’s former intern.

From Slate

“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