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Waite

American  
[weyt] / weɪt /

noun

  1. Morrison Remick 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.


Waite British  
/ weɪt /

noun

  1. Terry, full name Terence Hardy Waite. born 1939, British special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who negotiated the release of Western hostages held in the Middle East before being taken hostage himself (1987–91) in Lebanon

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Waites recalled the time he had a hernia operation on a Wednesday and still managed to make it to Leicester on the Saturday to cheer on Boro.

From BBC

The restaurant chain Portillo’s plans to expand nationally, so it wants to raise its brand awareness beyond its mostly Chicago-area base and hire more people, said Jill Waite, its chief people officer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Real-time data can find students who need intervention before falling behind or who are ready to accelerate and should be advanced, Waite said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Can I ask about the Charlie Kirk situation?” she said in Waite’s classroom at the University of Texas at Dallas.

From Los Angeles Times

Waite is the author of four novels and a book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times