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Hillary

American  
[hil-uh-ree] / ˈhɪl ə ri /

noun

  1. Sir Edmund P., 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber who scaled Mt. Everest 1953.

  2. a male or female given name.

Hillary British  
/ ˈhɪlərɪ /

noun

  1. Sir Edmund. 1919–2008, New Zealand explorer and mountaineer. He and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953); New Zealand ambassador to India (1984–89)

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But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The discovery was made by ten students enrolled in the university's "Field Course in Astrophysics," taught by Professor Alex Ji, deputy Project Scientist for SDSS-V, along with graduate teaching assistants Hillary Andales and Pierre Thibodeaux.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, appeared before the committee last month.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The funeral service drew an extraordinary lineup of national figures, including former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, along with former vice president Kamala Harris and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

This time, I was stumping for Hillary Clinton, Barack’s opponent in the brutal 2008 primary who’d gone on to become his loyal and effective secretary of state.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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