Gillespie
Americannoun
noun
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“It’s going to enhance our business,” said Gillespie, who has sold 200,000 sketchbooks since starting Leda a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Dr. Richard Gillespie, Senior Curator in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, launched the project and guided its development.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2026
Our critic said director Patricia E. Gillespie “has created a novel kind of crime film, one aided in no small way by what seems to be the complete flight recording from Russell’s mad act.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Doherty began working at Reason in 1994, according to the publication’s obituary, left the company and returned in 2000 at the behest of Nick Gillespie, then editor in chief.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The other victim-turned-rescuer was William Gillespie, the fireman, who, just before the molasses wave hit his firehouse, had gone upstairs to get something out of his locker.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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