Penn
noun
Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.
Penn
1 American
[pen]
/ pɛn /
noun
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Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.
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his son William, 1644–1718, English Quaker: founder of Pennsylvania 1682.
Penn.
2
American
Or
Penna
abbreviation
Penn
1
British
/ pɛn /
noun
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Irving. 1917–2009, US photographer, noted for his portraits and his innovations in colour photography
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William. 1644–1718, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
Penn.
2
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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During the inflationary period of 2022, when several states paused their gas taxes, roughly 60-80% of savings were passed on to consumers, research by the Penn Wharton Budget Model External link shows.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Low said she has watched the arms race up close at Penn, where she sees 17-year-olds applying to programs with full CVs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Penn State University wrote in a message to students that "no one has access" to Canvas, adding that a "resolution" was unlikely to arrive "within the next 24 hours".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
"We initially assumed the issue had to do with neural network's architecture," says Ananyae Kumar Bhartari, a graduate of Penn Engineering's Scientific Computing master's program and the paper's other co-first author.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Meanwhile, the train is slowing to a stop; Baltimore’s Penn Station—less grand than Union Station but still stately and cavernous—has come into view.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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