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Knut

American  
[knoot, knyoot] / ˈknut, ˈknjut /

noun

  1. a variant of Canute.


Knut British  
/ kəˈnjuːt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Canute

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Admonished for not knowing Knut Wicksell’s theory of the natural rate of interest, I quickly brushed up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Only last weekend the head of referees, Knut Kircher, sat in the TV studio throughout Saturday's matches to try to offer perspective.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Swedish economist Knut Wicksell introduced the concept in the early 20th century to explain the business cycle.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

It was funded by EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, a joint VR-NCSF funding, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Swiss National Science Foundation grant BRIDGE.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2024

One of his most valuable allies would be a man he didn’t know, and would never meet—a twenty-nine-year-old Norwegian named Knut Haukelid.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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