Harmsworth
Americannoun
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Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
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his brother Harold Sidney, 1st Viscount Rothermere 1868–1940, English publisher and politician.
noun
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Alfred Charles William. See (Viscount) Northcliffe
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Harold Sydney. See (1st Viscount) Rothermere
Example Sentences
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While he believes the state went too far with police reform, Harmsworth has a nuanced approach to public safety beyond the law-and-order talking points that sometimes dominate the conversation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Mr. Greig’s views, however, did not disqualify him with Mr. Harmsworth, 53, who is better known as the Fourth Viscount Rothermere.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
The family already own about 28% of DMGT, which traces its roots to 1896 when the Daily Mail was launched by Harold and Alfred Harmsworth.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2021
After its founder, British entrepreneur St. John Harmsworth, died in 1933, and later, with the onset of World War II, production all but collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2016
Malone, and subsequently referred to by Mr. Harmsworth as “the principal organisers and leaders of the disturbances” in that country, appeared the name of “Mahmoud Pasha Suliman, aged ninety-eight years.”
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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