Charles
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Jacques Alexandre César 1746–1823, French physicist and inventor.
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Ray Ray Charles Robinson, 1930–2004, U.S. blues singer and pianist.
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Cape, a cape in E Virginia, N of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay.
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a river in E Massachusetts, flowing between Boston and Cambridge into the Atlantic. 47 miles (75 km) long.
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a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “man.”
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Prince of Wales. born 1948, son of Elizabeth II; heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1981) Lady Diana Spencer; they separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1996; their son, Prince William of Wales, was born in 1982 and their second son, Prince Henry, in 1984; married (2005) Camilla Parker Bowles
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Ray real name Ray Charles Robinson. 1930–2004, US singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose work spans jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and country music
Example Sentences
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"Nothing presented shows evidence of any vote manipulation," Charles Stewart, an elections expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
This year even King Charles got involved, cheekily noting it may be "too much to hope" that the Tartan Army would "cheer with full voice" for England after Scotland were knocked out.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Charles Schwab recently warned investors against putting money in companies making growth promises pushed out far into the future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Charles Franklin and Janette Edwards, retirees from California, swore off Greece in the height of summer after a particularly sweltering, crowded trip to Athens a few years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Late on Easter morning, George Atzerodt showed up at the home of Hezekiah Metz, about twenty-two miles from Washington, in Montgomery County, Maryland, north of Charles County where Booth and Herold were.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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