Vries
Britishnoun
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Akzo Nobel in December said its finance chief Maarten de Vries would stay on, delaying his planned retirement in order to oversee the tie-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Earlier this month, the EMEA's director general Sigrid De Vries told the BBC that "supply shortages were imminent".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
"This is a cross-industry issue affecting a large number of suppliers and virtually all of our members," said de Vries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Landing Miller required to part with Leo De Vries, an 18-year-old shortstop who is widely considered one of the five best prospects in the entire sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
In a landmark paper written in 1897, entitled Hereditary Monstrosities, de Vries analyzed his data and inferred that each trait was governed by a single particle of information.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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