Redstone

[red-stohn]

noun

1. a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Redstone¹

After Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama

Example Sentences

Discovery — a month after Ellison and RedBird Capital Partners had acquired Paramount from the Redstone family in an $8-billion deal.

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Two years later, Sumner Redstone made a hostile bid for Viacom, buying the company for $3.4 billion.

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After Viacom took us over, Sumner Redstone started buying up stock.

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Was that the only way you were tormented by Sumner Redstone?

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Monday’s conference call with analysts was the first time Ellison, Paramount’s chairman and chief executive, directly addressed Wall Street after merging his production company, Skydance Media, with Paramount in August — an $8-billion deal that ushered the Redstone family from the entertainment stage.

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