Leiden
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands later announced another patient had tested positive.
From Barron's ● May 7, 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
His comedy career has often incorporated his lived experience with a rare blood-clotting disease called Factor V Leiden that almost killed him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 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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