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Fontenelle

British  
/ fɔ̃tənɛl /

noun

  1. Bernard le Bovier de (bɛrnar lə bɔvje də). 1657–1757, French philosopher. His writings include Digressions sur les anciens et les modernes (1688) and Éléments de la géométrie de l'infini (1727)

"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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Cole Fontenelle and Austin Davis homered in the third to put TCU up 3-0 against the No. 14 Sycamores, who had come from behind in each of their three regional wins.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2023

In the photo, a beleaguered-seeming Bessie Fontenelle and four of her children huddle at a local social services office called the Poverty Board.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2021

In an interview last week at the home where she grew up, just off Fontenelle Boulevard, she spoke about her international life.

From Washington Times Oct. 8, 2016

There was Brandon Fontenelle, who recalled that it was "hard for some of us that wasn't making the money to get out of here."

From US News Aug. 25, 2015

On the Continent resistance to Newtonianism continued into the 1740s and involved key intellectual figures such as Huygens, Leibniz and Fontenelle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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