Gates
Americannoun
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Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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William Bill, born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
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Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive and philanthropist; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation
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Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)
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Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)
Example Sentences
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Gates said he had hoped the tariff on his foreign competitors’ windows would give Awake an edge as a domestic company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Buffett also addressed the Jeffrey Epstein files and his annual donations to the Gates Foundation, saying he will “wait and see” about making future annual contributions to the foundations.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Buffett added that Gates had treated him well personally, including getting the kind of food Buffett likes on trips and even arranging for Buffett to get The Wall Street Journal when they went to China.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
At the center of the decades-old feud is an AI-driven mining company backed by Bill Gates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
He sent me an application for something called the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which, he explained, was a little like the Rhodes Scholarship, but for Cambridge instead of Oxford.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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