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  Eccles

  noun

  Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
• eccles.
  eccles.

  abbreviation

  ecclesiastic.
• Eccles.
  Eccles.

  abbreviation

  Ecclesiastes.

Eccles

¹ American  

[ek-uhlz] / ˈɛk əlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

2. Marriner Stoddard 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.

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eccles. ² American  

Or eccl.

abbreviation

1. ecclesiastic.

2. ecclesiastical.

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Eccles. ³ American  

Or Eccl.

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Ecclesiastes.

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Eccles ¹ British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)

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Eccles ² British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses

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Eccles. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ecclesiastes

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For instance, for the Eccles project the Fed attempted to adopt the recommendation to use a type of construction contract that shifts the risk of cost overruns to the contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Research suggests HSD symptoms can worsen, or come to light, after a stressor, Dr Eccles says.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Former Fed Chair Marriner Eccles stayed on the Fed board for three years after being demoted by President Harry Truman in 1948.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Eccles played a pivotal role in a clash with Truman over how much authority the White House should have in setting interest rates, a confrontation that ultimately secured the Fed’s modern independence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

As he spoke, he dashed off a few hasty lines, addressing them to Sir Gilbert Eccles or Dr. Beattie.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

Spenser. dim. diminutive. opp. opposed. subj. subjunctive. dub. doubtful. opt. optics. suff. suffix. eccles. ecclesiastical history. orig. originally. superl. superlative. e.g. for example. ornith. ornithology. surg. surgery. elect. electricity.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Fellow taxi driver Stuart Ryan said of Mr Henning, also known as Gadget: "He's the greatest man you'd ever meet. Gadget is the taxi driver of Eccles. Everybody knows him."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2014

The Holy Spirit everywhere forbids such melancholy, as, for instance, in Eccles. 11.,

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

—Yesterday morning I received as a widows mite 1l. for the Orphans; and into the chapel boxes was put 10s. with Eccles. ix.

From A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part by George Müller

Former has a close relation, or sharp contrast, with something following; the former always implies the latter, even when not fully expressed, as in Acts i, 1, and Eccles. vii, 10.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

The letter is printed in STRYPE'S Memorials Eccles. vol. i.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by James Anthony Froude