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Greenaway

American  
[green-uh-wey] / ˈgrin əˌweɪ /

noun

  1. Kate Catherine, 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.


Greenaway British  
/ ˈɡriːnəˌweɪ /

noun

  1. Kate. 1846–1901, English painter, noted as an illustrator of children's books

  2. Peter. born 1942, British film director; noted for such cerebral films as The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Prospero's Books (1990), and Eight and a Half Women (1999)

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Greenaway says he would have taken "by and large the same strategy," that Astronomer has had he been involved in a situation like this.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

The nature of this scandal gives Astronomer the flexibility to approach their response with a bit more humour because the company sells a data service, Greenaway continues.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

Jefa Greenaway will never forget the first time he heard his father’s voice.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Now 53, Mr. Greenaway, was just a baby when his father died, leaving him to be raised in Australia by his German mother.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

The two families occasionally lunched together in the church grove; or if it rained, the Fairfaxes spent the night with the Campbells, as the distance to Greenaway Court was great.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph