Lu
noun
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
Lu
1 American
[loo]
/ lu /
noun
Lu
2
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
LU
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British
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Lu
2
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symbol
lu
3
British
abbreviation
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"Our co-author, Christian Bjerrum, studied the connection among sea level, ocean oxygen and phosphate with a computer model two decades ago," Lu says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Outcomes can range from advice on exercise to a specialist referral and even surgery, Lu said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Can you see it in my photos? Oh well, I'll just use a filter to hide the algae," said Farrah Lu, a 43-year-old tourist from China.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Lu said the deal could help Shein shore up revenue, as it deals with tougher regulatory scrutiny and the U.S.-led trade war.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Lu and Ghost had their arms up but tucked their chins, almost as if they were sniffing their pits, when really they were just sneak-looking at me.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
These are delightful deep cuts, but he biggest seller on extension765.com is a soft, black, vintage-inspired, cotton T-shirt designed by Joanna Bush with 18 LU 13 printed in bold white letters.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Ms Reid is now seeking to raise £200,000 in seed funding and to bring on board a business partner and a non-executive director to help LU Innovations grow.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2023
But the citizens who’d moved to LU from the other disunited nations embraced its identity as a corporate haven with a bare-bones government.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
"I loved introducing 3,000+ LU students to a taste of life in Alaska today... It was so much fun! LU students are the greatest students in the world!"
From Fox News ● Feb. 2, 2021
Such quiet tones after a day of shouts and HA LE LU DAs.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
Shortly before he took office in January 2025, the Chinese government and official media began using a different Chinese character for "lu" to represent the first syllable in his surname.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Xiaohongshu, a shopping and lifestyle recommendations app, says searches for "lu chong", which translates to "land surfboard", rose by 50 times in June from a year earlier.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2022
The pickled mustard greens were the perfect companions to the sweet, fatty pieces of shredded pork belly on the lu rou fan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Walch soap 威露士 or "wei lu shi" loosely translates as "mighty liquid guard", and who wouldn't want to wash with that?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2017
The lungs, lu, cut here through their anterior ends, are large, but do not nearly fill the cavities, bc, in which they lie; they have the sacculated appearance characteristic of embryonic lung tissue.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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