De Vries

American  

[duh vrees, duh vrees] / də ˈvris, də ˈvris /

noun

1. Hugo 1848–1935, Dutch botanist and student of organic heredity: developed the concept of mutation as a factor in the process of evolution.

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De Vries British  

/ də ˈvriːs /

noun

1. Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution

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De Vries

Earlier this month, the EMEA's director general Sigrid De Vries told the BBC that "supply shortages were imminent".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

“He’s going to be a very good major league player,” Preller said of De Vries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

De Vries suggests that approaches such as modifying Bitcoin mining's software could cut down on the power and water needed for this process.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

In addition to those mentioned below, they salute co-composer Marius De Vries, the entire art and costume departments, co-star/narrator Bowen Yang, and dancer Casey Bronwyn Howes, who has a memorable solo in the park.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

De Vries also pored through Darwin's books, and he latched onto the theory of pangenesis—the idea that “particles of information” from the body were somehow collected and collated in sperm and eggs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee