Waal
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When Mr. de Waal, a British ceramicist, inherited 264 of these netsuke from a relative in the 1990s, he became fascinated by their artistry—and their provenance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
To test what was going on in these interactions, Waal compared how body language changed between pairs of chimpanzees who had recently fought and others who had not.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
Benítez says that the legacy of de Waal was a main reason that drew her to join the faculty at Emory, where she feels that she is walking in his footsteps.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024
Prof de Waal is convinced that the Arab rivals are so economically powerful that no-one is likely to sanction them - and says that any such measures would be difficult to implement.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024
Waal, ef I was yeou, I’d hire myself aout to some dime museum as the human bobber.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.
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