Hadrian
Americannoun
noun
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Hadrian hopes to get a “productivity uplift” by fusing workforce training and software, founder Chris Power has said.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Hadrian builds precision component factories that help space manufacturers get the parts they need 10 times as fast at 1/20th of the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
He entombed his wife in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome.
From National Geographic • Nov. 16, 2023
Together, they undertook a yearslong study of Villa Adriana, the 2nd-century dwelling of the Emperor Hadrian near Rome, which recorded important information about how an on-site temple employed sunlight during a solstice.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023
The mausoleum which Hadrian erected for himself on the further bank of the Tiber far outshone the tomb of Augustus, which it nearly confronted.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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