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Sharon

[shuh-rohn, shar-uhn]

noun

  1. Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.

  2. a fertile coastal plain in ancient Palestine: now a coastal region N of Tel Aviv in Israel.

  3. a city in W Pennsylvania.

  4. a town in E Massachusetts.

  5. Also Sharen a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “a plain or flat area.”



Sharon

1

/ ʃəˈrɒn /

noun

  1. Ariel (ˈærɪəl). born 1928, Israeli soldier and politician; Likud prime minister (2001–06)

“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

Sharon

2

/ ˈʃærən /

noun

  1. a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv

“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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“There’s a longer learning curve in autos than in books,” said Sharon Zackfia, an analyst with William Blair.

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Early years safeguarding consultant Sharon Birch, of Safeguarding Network, said it was "absolutely brilliant" that the statutory framework was changed.

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As Ridgefield, Conn.-based psychotherapist Sharon O’Neill says, “There is no decision you make that is cast in concrete. We may think we know how things will play out. Be ready to be surprised for the good or the bad, and know that whatever choices you make will always need your patience and flexibility to find the right path.”

Though Ozzy and his family had spent many years residing in the U.S., the rocker made no secret of his desire to spend the remainder of his life back home in the U.K., revealing in an interview with The Observer that he and his wife, Sharon, 72, were plotting a return to their home country.

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Just weeks before his death, it appeared that the Osbournes had officially bid farewell to America once and for all, with Sharon explaining to Planet Rock that her husband was finally able to relocate to their home in the U.K. in March of this year—noting at the time that he was thrilled to be joining his Black Sabbath “brothers” just in time for their final onstage appearance together.

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