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Sainsbury

British  
/ ˈseɪnzbrɪ /

noun

  1. David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain from 1992; science minister (1998–2006)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The team located them using a new computational tool called Conservatory, developed through collaboration among the laboratories of Idan Efroni at Hebrew University, Madelaine Bartlett at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, and Zachary Lippman at CSHL.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

J Sainsbury is due to give an update on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Drivers "sometimes faced a 10-minute wait as the electronic payment system struggled to keep up with the high demand", according to George Cooban, from the Sainsbury Archive.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

Assistant archivist Mr Cooban, who is based at the Sainsbury Archive at London Museum Docklands, said long queues appeared outside the branch when it was opened in December.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

"Wife!" rejoined Sainsbury, with a motion of the lip that might have been a smile, but for the gravity of his other features—"she is not his wife."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

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