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Holley

American  
[hol-ee] / ˈhɒl i /

noun

  1. Robert William, 1922–1993, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968.


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Redondo Union 101, Palos Verdes 67: Chace Holley had 21 points and SJ Madison and Devin Wright each had 18 points as Redondo Union moved closer to the Bay League title.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

To estimate how much of these minerals could be recovered inside the United States, Holley and her colleagues combined two large datasets.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

After brunch, he decided to tag along with a friend to an econ review at the school’s Barus & Holley engineering building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Holley questions whether Morgan and Lake based decisions on information the wider public wasn't privy to.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

We differ from them all, and think the high place we have given Miss Holley is very near the truth.

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