Cornell

[kawr-nel]

noun

1. Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.

2. Katharine, 1898–1974, U.S. actress.

3. a male given name.

Example Sentences

The harlequin lady beetle is more aggressive than its peers, said John Losey, director of the Lost Ladybug project at Cornell University.

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Universities including Columbia, Brown and Cornell agreed to pay the government hundreds of millions to atone for alleged violations similar to the ones facing UCLA.

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Many investors were hoping that Target would bring in an external hire to replace Cornell.

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When my turn came I said: “Mr. Vice President, my name is Rodger Cornell, I’m a small businessman, a conservative and a fly fisherman.”

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“It’s just a huge amount of generated wealth that completely escapes taxation,” said Cristobal Young, a sociology professor at Cornell University who studies economic inequality, referring to unrealized capital gains.

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