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Hurd

British  
/ hɜːd /

noun

  1. Douglas ( Richard ), Baron Hurd of Westwell. born 1930, British Conservative politician; home secretary (1985–89); foreign secretary (1989–95)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sitting in the front row was his girlfriend Paula Hurd, one of his sisters and Larry Cohen, the longtime CEO of Gates Ventures and his right-hand man.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

State Street’s Hurd is “tremendously bullish on Japan once things stabilize.”

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Personal spending declines broadly after 80, among the rich and poor, with less spent on trips and vacations and more on healthcare, says Michael Hurd, economist and senior principal researcher at Rand Corp.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

“I think we get to 140 later this year,” Hurd predicts.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

Deacon Hurd, beset, with financial woe, was no longer preaching.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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