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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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“We’ve had more delays getting container space in the last three weeks than we’ve had in a long time,” said Bronwen Sainsbury, president of Stack Resources, a Seattle-based wholesaler of home decor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

This means that some businesses around Gordon Street, Union Street and Renfield Street - such as branches of Sainsbury, Tesco and the Yorkshire Building Society - are still closed.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

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

George Sainsbury, the editor, was a master at catching the salient points of a manuscript.

From England in America, 1580-1652 by Tyler, Lyon Gardiner

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