Leonard
Americannoun
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Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard, born 1956, U.S. boxer.
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William Ellery (Channing) 1876–1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher.
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a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”
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Thomas, the author of Bajakajian, used a 2017 statement in Leonard v.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
"We have lived long and endured for 60 years and going," he said, evoking the famous motto of Leonard Nimoy's Mr Spock.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
A neurologist named Leonard Schleifer courted him for more than a year to team up on a biotech venture that Schleifer was starting in a one-bedroom apartment at Cornell University’s medical resident housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"These findings suggest that specific components of the Mediterranean diet may directly influence mitochondrial biology," said USC Leonard Davis School Dean and USC Distinguished Professor Pinchas Cohen, the study's senior author.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
As he always did, Leonard Clark peered through a side window to see who was there.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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