Rijn
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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At the time, after being examined by an art expert, the police said: "It was, as suspected, a copy and not a lost masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn."
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
With previous outbreaks it has ranged up to 50% in sheep, depending on the variant and location, says Piet van Rijn, a bluetongue expert at WBVR.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
This was borne out at the first tryout performance of “Giselle,” at Alphen aan den Rijn, a small city about half an hour from The Hague, on Aug. 13.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
“Financial education and financial literacy programs are extremely common at credit unions, that’s a big part of what they do,” van Rijn says.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021
Constantijn admired the painter Rubens, and “discovered” a young artist named Rembrandt van Rijn, in several of whose works he subsequently appears.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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