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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Before the D-Day operation began, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower drafted two statements, one to be issued if the invasion succeeded, the other if it failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was not buff, at least to our knowledge.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Congress passed the bill, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law in August 1958.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
Dwight and Lenny running and punching and climbing on the fence.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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