Edwards
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noun
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Gareth ( Owen ). born 1947, Welsh Rugby Union footballer: halfback for Wales (1967–78) and the British Lions (1968–74)
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Jonathan. 1703–58, American Calvinist theologian and metaphysician; author of The Freedom of the Will (1754)
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Jonathan. born 1966, British athlete: gold medallist in the triple jump at the Olympics (2000) and the World Championships (1995, 2001)
Example Sentences
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Edwards, who was placed on conditional bail, will next appear at that same court on 6 November this year for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Her influence was so vast she has even been proposed as a field of academic study, and scrutinized in the 2018 academic study from Leigh H. Edwards, “Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The rise in bond yields renders markets more vulnerable to bad news, observes the “permabear” Albert Edwards of Société Générale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Truckee Meadows Fire Chief Richard Edwards told a press conference on Monday that the blaze was "human caused".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
And Mr. Edwards made it an unvarying rule not to believe anything his girls said at any time, beyond what they had for breakfast, and they sometimes lied about that.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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