Gilead

American  

[gil-ee-uhd] / ˈgɪl i əd /

noun

1. a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.

2. Mount, a mountain in NW Jordan. 3,596 feet (1,096 meters).

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Gilead ¹ British  

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

1. a historic mountainous region east of the River Jordan, rising over 1200 m (4000 ft)

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Gilead ² British  

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

1. Old Testament a grandson of Manasseh; ancestor of the Coileadites (Numbers 26: 29–30)

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Example Sentences

Many of the drugs that had been announced as part of the White House negotiations with drugmakers, such as Amgen’s Repatha and Gilead’s Epclusa, aren’t yet available on the site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street is waiting for the drugmaker to reach an agreement with the White House on most favored nation pricing, following in the footsteps of manufacturers like Amgen and Gilead Sciences.

From Barron's

At Gilead Sciences, the story is centered on HIV and oncology, not weight loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Miller has characterized the series as a “coming of age” story, but readers of the book will know that all is not what it once was in Gilead; forces both without and within plot its downfall and June’s daughters will not be far from the fight.

From Los Angeles Times

Grinspoon serves as a consultant to Marathon Assets Management and Exavir Therapeutics and receives grant funding to his institution from Kowa Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences, and Viiv Healthcare, unrelated to this project.

From Science Daily