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• Sanger
  Sanger

  noun

  Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.
• sanger
  sanger

  noun

  a sandwich

Sanger

American  

[sang-er] / ˈsæŋ ər /

noun

1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.

2. Margaret (Louise) Higgins 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.

3. a town in central California.

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Sanger ¹ British  

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)

2. Margaret ( Higgins ). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

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sanger ² British  

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Also called: sango.  slang a sandwich

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Sanger Scientific  

/ săng′ər /

1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.

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Example Sentences

An international group of researchers led by the University of York and the Wellcome Sanger Institute focused on butterflies and moths from South American rainforests.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Cursor co-founders Aman Sanger and Michael Truell, for example, joined Neo’s college program in 2020, before they launched their startup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The international team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge examined around 1,000 genes linked to 13 types of feline cancer.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Prof Ben Lehner, the head of generative and synthetic genomics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said they had tested AlphaGenome in more than half a million experiments and it was performing very well.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

“Jinny Long’s in that canoe, an’ she ginerally does what she wants to,” said Tom Sanger, sagely.

From Northern Lights by Parker, Gilbert