Frey

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noun Scandinavian Mythology.

the god of peace, prosperity, and marriage: one of the Vanir, originally brought to Asgard as a hostage.

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Origin of Frey

From the Old Norse word Freyr originally, lord, master

Words nearby Frey

Freud, Freudian, Freudian slip, Freud, Sigmund, Freund's adjuvant, Frey, Freya, Freyre, Freytag, F.R.G., F.R.G.S.

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How to use Frey in a sentence

“The most innovative societies have always been those that allowed people to pursue controversial ideas,” Frey and Osborne write.
China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes?|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|January 17, 2021|Singularity Hub
Frey adds that top-down execution of problem-solving is effective when the problem at hand is clearly defined—and the next big leaps in AI are not.
China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes?|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|January 17, 2021|Singularity Hub
Frey predicted, though, that the big political shifts we saw this year in places like the Sun Belt might persist — or even accelerate — simply because they map better onto the speed and breadth of the demographic changes in those areas.
Why The Suburbs Have Shifted Blue|Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com)|December 16, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Here, it came to the attention of Frey and Martill, who sought permission from local officials to export the fossil to Germany in 1995, where they have studied it in the intervening years, and where it remains today.
A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders|John Pickrell|December 14, 2020|Science News

Frey said it opens the door for “cherry-picking” what goes into the economic analysis.
The EPA Refuses to Reduce Pollutants Linked to Coronavirus Deaths|by Lisa Song and Lylla Younes|October 21, 2020|ProPublica
This leads him to some James Frey-style mythmaking of his own.
Was ‘The Book of Mormon’ a Great American Novel?|Stefan Beck|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lothar Frey sneaks up behind Talisa and stabs her pregnant belly repeatedly, and then all hell breaks loose.
Game of Thrones’ 8 Most Gruesome Deaths: From The Mountain’s Exploding Head Kill to Rat Torture|Marlow Stern|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whole-cloth fabrication on the level perpetrated by folks like Stephen Glass or James Frey is of course beyond the pale.
Speak, Faulty Memory: Why Memoir Writing Is Harder Than You Think|Dave Bry|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Because the political bloggers who have been targeted live in different states, Frey has met with the FBI about the incidents.
Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus & Others Terrorized in Dangerous ‘Swatting’ Prank|Maria Elena Fernandez|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Two of the addresses were old, but one was current, and Stack, like Frey, was led out of his house at gunpoint.
Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus & Others Terrorized in Dangerous ‘Swatting’ Prank|Maria Elena Fernandez|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Detective Frey came in and saw Duggin lying dead, and he figured he'd go out and do big things.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Frey was watching her and then he was glancing sideways to a little jade box that held cigarettes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
She acted as if Frey had already walked out of the pale orange room.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
"A short time ago you figured out a few new angles," Frey said.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Frey

Frey

Freyr (freɪə)

/ (freɪ) /

noun

Norse myth the god of earth's fertility and dispenser of prosperity

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