Waddington

American

[wod-ing-tuhn] / ˈwɒd ɪŋ tən /

noun

Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3,994 meters).

Waddington British

/ ˈwɒdɪŋtən /

noun

C ( onrad ) H ( all ). 1905–75, British embryologist and geneticist: author of Principles of Embryology (1956) and The Ethical Animal (1960)

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Now based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, the Red Arrows fly the Hawk training aircraft at air shows across the world.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

The Red Arrows are based at RAF Waddington, in Lincolnshire, and fly Hawk jets.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

The ones created by Waddington were even bigger than those in the book, “probably about a meter all the way around.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

Makeup artist Nadia Stacey credited Lanthimos for letting her team “go crazy,” while costume designer Holly Waddington described the film as an “experiment like no other.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

In 1871, after the death of her father, she went, with her mother and sisters, to live in France, and in 1874 became the wife of M. William Henry Waddington.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

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