Kendall

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.

2. a male given name.

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Kendall British  

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin. 1886–1972, US biochemist, who isolated the hormone thyroxine (1916). He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1950) with Phillip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their work on hormones

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Kendall

In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

“It’s a lot of major modifications to the airplane—it’s not simple,” Kendall said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Luke Wilson has reportedly welcomed his first child with girlfriend Kendall Yates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

And because Kendall didn’t disclose that she was paid to promote the ill-fated festival, she was ordered to pay $90K in restitution to the event’s duped investors.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

I could see the wisdom in that, but I expected Mr. Kendall would do the telling.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk