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Steele

American  
[steel] / stil /

noun

  1. Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.

  2. Mount, a mountain in SW Yukon Territory, Canada, on the Alaska border in the St. Elias Range. 16,644 feet (5,074 meters).


Steele British  
/ stiːl /

noun

  1. Sir Richard. 1672–1729, British essayist and dramatist, born in Ireland; with Joseph Addison he was the chief contributor to the periodicals The Tatler (1709–11) and The Spectator (1711–12)

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Police had responded to reports that large crowds of people and vehicles had gathered and were driving dangerously in the Blacks Road, Bell Steele Road and Diary Farm areas.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

In addition to these five documents, Steele recommends one more if your state allows it: a standby guardianship form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Until recently, Dr. Katie Steele and her husband, lawyer James Steele, were living and working in Roanoke, Va., where they both had family nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” the second novel from Appalachia native and “Greasewood Creek” author Pamela Steele, is neither about nor set in the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The closest I had come was a daguerreotype of my uncle Crawford Steele, dead at age three of diphtheria, wrapped in swathes of white lace.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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