Steele

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noun

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

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

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How to use Steele in a sentence

It can pass a policy saying developers should build more affordable housing, which Steele said “is a good idea,” but he stressed that what the planning group says has no legal teeth like a City Council ordinance does.
Barrio Logan Tries, Again, to Determine Its Own Future|MacKenzie Elmer|March 29, 2021|Voice of San Diego
The letter that Titus, Castro and Cicilline sent to Steele notes OutRight Action International in April 2020 launched a fund to help vulnerable LGBTQ communities during the pandemic.
USAID urged to use COVID relief funds to support LGBTQ people abroad|Michael K. Lavers|March 29, 2021|Washington Blade
Like Steele and NASA, the Lexus LS uses EQ to captivate the imagination.
Driving innovation with emotional intelligence|Martha Leibs|March 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Like the manager who put the smartphone cameras on the Perseverance, Steele and her staff try to stay open to new ideas and perspectives.
Driving innovation with emotional intelligence|Martha Leibs|March 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Still, the FBI relied on Steele for some information as it conducted its own investigation.
Pence’s allegations about Hillary Clinton: A guide for the perplexed|Glenn Kessler|October 9, 2020|Washington Post
The acts Grey performs on Steele are all popular among BDSM enthusiasts.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The group try to push Steele out of the room as they target the man, but Steele pushes back to continue filming.
The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up|Tim Teeman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Timor's views are not seen as extreme in Russia, says Steele.
The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up|Tim Teeman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
LGBTs in Russia have "never been so under siege," says Steele, "and so hunted."
The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up|Tim Teeman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Steele's film opens in the middle-class home in St Petersburg of a man named Timor.
The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up|Tim Teeman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of that she simply reached out and laid her hand on Mr. Steele's arm, drooping almost to the ground as she did so.
The Mayor's Wife|Anna Katherine Green
Mr. Steele smiled again, his fine, false smile, but after her head had fallen; not before.
The Mayor's Wife|Anna Katherine Green
Is what Mrs. Packard says of your playing with her fears during these two weeks true, Mr. Steele?
The Mayor's Wife|Anna Katherine Green
It was but child's play for so strong a man as Mr. Steele to shake off so futile a grasp, and he did so with a rasping laugh.
The Mayor's Wife|Anna Katherine Green
Landy had contacted Ike Steele only a day or two ago and Ike's story of the wagon trade unfolded the plot.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for Steele

Steele

/ (stiːl) /

noun

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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