Corey
Americannoun
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Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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“It’s all going to take some significant needle-threading,” said Corey Martin, who chairs the entertainment-finance practice at law firm Granderson Des Rochers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Lead author Corey Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology at Flinders University, says the findings reveal a clear sign that humanity is operating beyond the planet's natural limits.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Corey Edwards quit as a Reform candidate in the lead-up to the election after the photograph was published by the Nation.Cymru news website.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Hugh Jackman headlines a trio of monologues and Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll go on an awkward date in a pair of shows at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
At Caltech, two physical chemists, Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, had used this technique to solve the structures of several protein fragments—a feat that would win Pauling the Nobel Prize in 1954.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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