Dwight
Americannoun
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Timothy, 1826–1916, U.S. ecclesiastic: president of Yale University 1886–98.
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a male given name: from an Anglo-French surname meaning “of the Isle of Wight.”
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In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tyrique George and Merlin Rohl signed permanent deals after loan spells last season, while Brennan Johnson joined from Crystal Palace in a swap deal with Dwight McNeil.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
In 1991 the late University of Georgia economist Dwight Lee and I published a book on this economic force, which we dubbed “quicksilver capital” to capture the slipperiness of modern-day wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was deployed for nine months to July 2024, while USS Theodore Roosevelt was at sea also for nine months to October 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In November 1952, Dwight Eisenhower won the U.S. presidential election, promising to bring the Korean War to an end.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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