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Dou

American  
[dou] / daʊ /
Or Douw,

noun

  1. Gerard 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.


Dou British  
/ dɔu, daʊ /

noun

  1. Gerard (ˈxeːrɑrt). 1613–75, Dutch portrait and genre painter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Fed’s cut in September, and signals of more to come, should help firms get R&D funding more easily amid lower capital costs, Carol Dou and Sunny Chen say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

Dou was recently named as one of the American Institute of Chemical Engineer's 35 Under 35.

From Science Daily Nov. 17, 2023

Dou was the first to reach that mark before a double-bogey on No. 8 when his second shot went out of bounds over the green.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2023

But he could not keep up the pace, carding a six-under 65 to finish in a tie for fifth alongside England's Tyrrell Hatton and China's Dou.

From BBC May 14, 2023

There are three fine paintings by Frans van Mieris the elder, the first disciple of Dou, and as finished and minute a painter as his master.

From Holland, v. 1 (of 2) by Zimmern, Helen

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