Powell

[pou-uhl, poh-uhl]

noun

1. Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.

2. Anthony, 1905–2000, English author.

3. Cecil Frank, 1903–69, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1950.

4. Colin 1937–2021, U.S. general: chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1989–96; secretary of state 2001–05.

5. Earl Bud, 1924–66, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.

6. John Wesley, 1834–1902, U.S. geologist and ethnologist.

7. Lewis Franklin, Jr., 1907–1998, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–87.

8. Lake Powell, an artificial reservoir on the border of southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona, on the Colorado River, formed by the construction of a dam Glen Canyon Dam (completed 1964). 186 miles (300 km) long.

Powell

/ ˈpaʊəl /

noun

1. Anthony ( Dymoke ˈdɪmək). 1905–2000, British novelist, best known for his sequence of novels under the general title A Dance to the Music of Time (1951–75)

2. Cecil Frank. 1903–69, British physicist, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1950 for his discovery of the pi-meson

3. Colin ( Luther ) (ˈcəʊlɪn). born 1937, US politician and general; Republican secretary of state (2001–05)

4. Earl, known as Bud Powell. 1924–1966, US modern-jazz pianist

5. ( John ) Enoch. 1912–98, British politician. An outspoken opponent of Commonwealth immigration into Britain and of British membership of the Common Market (now the European Union), in 1974 he resigned from the Conservative Party, returning to Parliament as a United Ulster Unionist Council member (1974–87)

6. Michael. 1905–90, British film writer, producer, and director, best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Emeric Pressburger. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), and Peeping Tom (1960)

Example Sentences

A few miles away, in the cafe at the city’s famed bookstore, Powell’s Books, a trio of retired friends bemoaned their beloved city’s negative image.

From Los Angeles Times

Phillipson's rival in the contest, her former cabinet colleague Lucy Powell, has also criticised the cap and said scrapping it would be the "single biggest policy we could do to address child poverty".

From BBC

The report notes the political pressure on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the decision by the bank to cut the federal funds rate by a quarter point in September.

From Los Angeles Times

It was certainly good theater, but many of Powell’s points would prove to be sheer fantasy.

From Salon

Rival deputy leadership candidates Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell went head-to-head in a hustings at the very end of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

From BBC