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Hoyt

American  
[hoit] / hɔɪt /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”


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Fiji prop Tim Hoyt also knocked on following more resilient and desperate defence from his opposite number Dillon Lewis and Joe Hawkins.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Hoyt was also forced off the field and Wales won another scrum penalty just before half-time to set up an attacking platform.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The extracted volatile organic compounds were then sent for analysis at a San Luis Obispo laboratory operated by Hoyt.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

To model beam misalignment more realistically, they applied Rayleigh and Hoyt distributions.

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 2026

Then we went on in the parlor, and Miss Love asked Grandpa if she should go get Loma and Mr. Hoyt and Mary Willis.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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