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Schmidt

American  
[shmit] / ʃmɪt /

noun

  1. Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) 1918–2015, West German political leader: chancellor 1974–82.

  2. Michael Jack Mike, born 1949, U.S. baseball player.


Schmidt British  
/ ʃmɪt /

noun

  1. Helmut ( Heinrich Waldemar ) (ˈhɛlmuːt). born 1918, German Social Democrat statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1974–82)

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Ganesha 2, Linfield Christian 1: After seven innings of scoreless ball, Ganesha scored two runs in the eighth to hang on for the victory on a Logan Schmidt two-run home run.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Eric Schmidt noted that the company has spent the past few years moving to what he calls lower-risk research and development programs “after aducanumab nearly killed the company.”

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The fieldwork was supported by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Western Australian Museum.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The drone, designed by Perennial Autonomy, a company backed by former Google CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt using Ukrainian engineers, destroys other drones by detonating close by and has proven popular in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Rudolf Schmidt was the name of the janitor of our dorm.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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