Harlow

[ hahr-loh ]

/ ˈhɑr loʊ /

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noun

Jean, 1911–37, U.S. motion-picture actress.

a town in W Essex, in SE England.

a male given name.

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Words nearby Harlow

Harley, Harley Street, Harlingen, harlot, harlotry, Harlow, harm, harmattan, harmful, harmless, harmolodics

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How to use Harlow in a sentence

Scientists have only learned about subduction in the past 50 years, Harlow says, so this theoretical idea behind the Okavango Blue’s formation further builds on our early understanding of a major planetary process.
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The morality tale of Adam and Eve, says Harlow, comes from an “imagined past” and is not historical.
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McDaniel remains a lawyer with Hortman Harlow, and serves in the Mississippi state senate.
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Harlow has some proximity to the Senate and House investigation.
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On the screen as correspondent Poppy Harlow spoke was the headline, “Two high school football stars found guilty.”
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CIA Public Affairs Officer Bill Harlow called me with the news.
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There was only one Academician who could be found to give a vote for Harlow.
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Mr. Leslie allowed Harlow's portrait of Fuseli to be the best.
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But it is possible these very characteristics were matters of offence to Harlow.
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Certainly there was a quarrel, and Harlow quitted Sir Thomas.
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Thenceforth Harlow determined to set up as a painter on his own account.
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British Dictionary definitions for Harlow (1 of 2)

Harlow¹

/ (ˈhɑːləʊ) /

noun

a town in SE England, in W Essex: designated a new town in 1947. Pop: 78 389 (2001 est)

British Dictionary definitions for Harlow (2 of 2)

Harlow²

/ (ˈhɑːləʊ) /

noun

Jean, real name Harlean Carpentier. 1911–37, US film actress, whose films include Hell's Angels (1930), Red Dust (1932), and Bombshell (1933)

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