Silas

[sahy-luhs]

noun

1. a male given name.

Example Sentences

On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved in closed session a $350,000 settlement for the family of Silas White, a Black businessman who leased a building on Ocean Avenue with the intention of buying it to open an exclusively Black hotel and beach club.

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Toris said the city will rename a portion of Vicente Terrace to Silas White Street and establish an exhibit dedicated to White inside the city’s Main Library.

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Silas White Day will be officially celebrated October 12.

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He speaks of the first Ebony Beach Club, started by a man named Silas White in 1957.

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I reached out to lead author Silas Fischer, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toledo, to learn more about this bias, how it affects conservation, and what other researchers can do to help correct it.

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