McMillan

American

[muhk-mil-uhn] / məkˈmɪl ən /

noun

Edwin Mattison 1907–91, U.S. educator and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1951.

McMillan British

/ məkˈmɪlən /

noun

Edwin M ( attison ). 1907–91, US physicist; Nobel prize for chemistry 1951 (with Glenn Seaborg) for the discovery of transuranic elements

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"I am hoping to graduate in December. And so, yeah, I'm definitely in a crunch right now. I do not have a good plan yet," McMillan told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

As noted in the market commentary above, there is a potential McMillan volatility-band buy signal setting up.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

McMillan has written a series of smash hits, including a couple that became major studio films in the ‘90s, “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got her Groove Back,” centered on Black women’s voices.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

McMillan revealed their personality traits had been among the "insights" studied at the outset of putting the rink together.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Over the course of an edgy exchange in the pages of the Physical Review, Bethe scoffed at McMillan; McMillan demonstrated the truth of his calculations; and Bethe backed down.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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