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Sewell

American  
[soo-uhl] / ˈsu əl /

noun

  1. Anna, 1820–78, English author.


Sewell British  
/ ˈsuːəl /

noun

  1. Henry. 1807–79, New Zealand statesman, born in England: first prime minister of New Zealand (1856)

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Mr. Sewell is first-rate on the development of Dulles’s foreign-policy philosophy and shows him to be a far more subtle thinker than is often understood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Mr. Sewell outlines broad contexts and settings, such as 17th-century Scotland, where secret-agent Downing helped secure the surrender of Edinburgh Castle in 1650.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, said calls from constituents with tax-return issues have “increased exponentially.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Gerry and Sewell runs at the Aldwych Theatre until 24 January and at Newcastle Theatre Royal from 9 to 13 June.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

In fact, the Meadow River Lumber Company operated the world’s largest sawmill not too far away, along the Meadow River between the Sewell and Simms Mountains, at the western edge of Greenbrier County.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson