Eaton
Americannoun
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Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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Little League baseball wasn’t necessarily top of mind for Altadena after the Eaton fire destroyed their town.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Last year’s Palisades and Eaton fires sent thousands of families on a quest for shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
“Caterpillar is selling backup gensets and engines into hyperscaler data centers. Vertiv is selling cooling and power management. Eaton is selling electrical components. GE Vernova is selling gas turbines for data center power.”
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Both the Nuveen and Eaton Vance funds are heavily skewed toward the top stocks in the S&P 500, with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Apple ranking as the largest holdings in each fund.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Must she say goodbye so soon to Mistress Eaton?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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