Elwin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But after less than two years, only about two miles of the tunnel had been excavated, and the contractor was fired by MWD general manager Frank Elwin “F.E.”
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s a struggle,” said Malika Elwin, a mother of a second grader on New York’s Long Island.
From Seattle Times
"Even though there is still some tightening in the pipeline ... there will be an increasing emphasis on the time dimension of monetary policy," said Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank.
From Reuters
We’d much rather see professional players like Bowen Kerins or Keith Elwin narrate their gameplay in a tutorial video for an hour than watch another second of “Tilt,” the 1979 drama in which Brooke Shields plays a 14-year-old pinball prodigy who gets duped into a contrived grudge match against Charles Durning’s overconfident bar owner.
From Washington Post
"Inflation tends to be a slow killer.... It may take a little bit more time before it really feeds into demand destruction and then the economy starts to slow down," said Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank.
From Reuters
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