Murdoch

[mur-dok]

noun

1. (Dame) (Jean) Iris, 1919–99, British novelist and philosopher, born in Ireland.

2. (Keith) Rupert, born 1931, U.S. publisher and media mogul, born in Australia.

3. a male given name.

Murdoch

/ ˈmɜːdɒk /

noun

1. Dame ( Jean ) Iris . 1919–99, British writer. Her books include The Bell (1958), A Severed Head (1961), The Sea, The Sea (1978), which won the Booker Prize, The Philosopher's Pupil (1983), and Existentialists and Mystics (1997)

2. ( Keith ) Rupert. born 1931, US publisher and media entrepreneur, born in Australia; chairman of News International Ltd (including Times Newspapers Ltd), 20th Century-Fox, and HarperCollins

Example Sentences

For a time, Rupert Murdoch, chairman emeritus of Wall Street Journal parent company News Corp, owner of this newspaper, was an obsession.

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Dr. Goldfeld, a pediatrician, is director of population health for the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

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Comcast, which owns Universal Studios, bought Rupert Murdoch's Sky in 2018 and is a major player in the US media landscape.

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“We are delivering for audiences with continued engagement growth across the portfolio which underpins the robust advertising demand we are seeing across sports, news, entertainment and Tubi,” Chief Executive Lachlan Murdoch said.

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The New York Post, part of Rupert Murdoch’s empire, promised that Mamdani would make the city a “living nightmare” in an unsigned editorial.

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