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Sharpe

American  
[shahrp] / ʃɑrp /

noun

  1. William Forsyth born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1990.


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Nicola Sharpe, from Dunsford, Devon, said this time last year she was paying about £340 for 500 litres, but the price was currently just over £600 for the same amount.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Miklosko stood in United's way, denying Mark Hughes, Lee Sharpe and Andy Cole in what frustrated Red Devils manager Alex Ferguson described as a "siege".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“It’s just this pungent artificial smell,” said Sharpe, 33, a social-media manager from Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

One reason to be confident that AI’s market-beating odds won’t improve in any lasting way is a famous article written nearly forty years ago by William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

“On suspicion of stealing the Msaidizi,” General Sharpe says.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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