Leiden
Americannoun
noun
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Whatnot auctions’ chaos and speed mean there’s no meaningful moment of decision, said Mark Leiser, an expert on deceptive design who taught digital law at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
During his trip, he inspected the centuries-old Chola Plates, rings with engraved copper plates, that are being returned to India by Leiden University.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
Geerten Boogaard, professor of local government at Leiden University, says Moerdijk highlights the way political power is distributed in the Dutch system.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Scientists in Leiden have developed a new antibiotic called EVG7 that can combat the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile using only a very small dose.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
That was the winter, 1908, that Nollie and I made a trip to the university at Leiden to pay Willem a visit.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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