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
British
symbol
lu
3
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Not everyone finds such support though, and that's where *Lu Jingchan hopes he can help.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Jinny Lu grew up in freezing temperatures in the wintry mountains of South Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The new study was co-authored by Zunli Lu, professor of Earth and environmental sciences in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Lu said Everlab has submitted data for academic review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
"You think if I wink at Lu on the track, he'll wink back?"
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey said: "Fatigue and extreme shift rotations are serious issues impacting on our members health and wellbeing- all of which have not been adequately addressed for years by LU management."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
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
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
"We raised his rent some to cover the investment. LU then sold it to Ben," one senior university official told the publication.
From Fox News ● Sep. 10, 2020
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 section is caudad to one lung and cuts the extreme tip of the other, lu.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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