De Witt
Americannoun
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Jan 1625–72, Dutch statesman.
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a male given name: from the Flemish family name meaning “white.”
noun
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How did it feel to win the election after just a few months of campaigning, following the death of state Sen. Rocky De Witt, especially being in a deeply Republican district?
From Salon
Iowa state Sen.-elect Catelin Drey took the political world by storm after she won a victory in Iowa’s special election to fill the Sioux City-area seat of Republican state Sen. Rocky De Witt, who died in June from pancreatic cancer.
From Salon
County Superior Court Judge Susan J. De Witt declined to release Matarico, who remains jailed in lieu of $590,000.
From Los Angeles Times
De Witt also granted a request for a protective order barring Matarico from speaking to the teen or going near his home or school.
From Los Angeles Times
University of Oxford researcher Christian Schroeder de Witt, Carnegie Mellon University researcher Samuel Sokota and their colleagues used an AI program to create innocent-looking chat messages with secret content.
From Scientific American
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