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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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“Because there’s no Medicare for those five years before 65, it’s a lot more expensive period of time to try to cover your health expenses,” said Robert Schmidt, a principal at Milliman.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

"We don't expect any change to interest rates at this meeting," Berenberg bank senior economist Felix Schmidt told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

The tech leaders included Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive; Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder; Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist; Yann LeCun, a computer scientist; and Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

According to Prof. Schmidt, the new theory provides a versatile way to describe quantum impurities across different spatial dimensions and a wide variety of interactions.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Dr. Schmidt: "No, a diary, just for you."

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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