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Malherbe

American  
[mal-erb] / malˈɛrb /

noun

  1. François de 1555–1628, French poet and critic.


Malherbe British  
/ malɛrb /

noun

  1. François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning

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In this study, Malherbe and colleagues investigated whether chimpanzees share this feature by examining how chimps develop tool techniques as they age.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

Its website says that Jacob and Roseanna Malherbe founded the agency in 2015 to connect Florida panhandle residents with attorneys in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

No. 8 Duane Vermeulen, blindside flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, hooker Malcolm Marx and prop Frans Malherbe get the night off completely against Namibia, as do first-choice halves Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2019

There are block prints by Hugo Guinness, which come from John Derian, another favorite source, and paintings by Robert Malherbe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2018

"It does not lower the price of bread," as Malherbe remarked in speaking of the commentary of Bachet on the great work of Diophantus.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

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