Penn
noun
Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.
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Penn
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[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.
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Penna
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Penn
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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.
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Penn State researchers have now developed an approach designed to overcome that incompatibility.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Penn State historian Rachel Shelden has a great book coming out about this quite soon.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meanwhile Columbia, Penn, Brown and others have made settlement deals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Research by Hajishengallis and another Penn professor, immunologist John Lambris, led to the development of an experimental drug applied into gum tissue, aimed at calming the immune response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Penn came away fairly well convinced the whole interview setup was a complete sham, and Julie herself was being kept on a tight rein somehow.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Stafford is one of three medical missionaries with Serge — a nonprofit based in Jenkintown, Penn. — who were exposed to the virus.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
The sales decline was largely due to the recent transition out of its Allentown, Penn. distribution center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
The metros with the largest anticipated gains next year include Toledo, Ohio; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Scranton, Penn. Prices in these places are expected to increase a respective 13.1%, 12.4%, and 10.9% from the year prior.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the shooting in Butler, Penn., and the release weekend of “Superman, ” the implication is clear.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
Washington pulled abreast of Penn. But Bobby Moch still hadn’t really turned the boys loose.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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