Webb

American  

[web] / wɛb /

noun

1. (Martha) Beatrice (Potter), 1858–1943, and her husband, Sidney (James), 1st Baron Passfield 1859–1947, English economists, social reformers, authors, and socialists.

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Webb British  

/ wɛb /

noun

1. Sir Aston . 1849–1930, British architect. His work includes the Victoria and Albert Museum (1909), the Victoria Memorial (1911), and Admiralty Arch (1911)

2. Mary ( Gladys ). 1881–1927, British novelist, remembered for her novels of rustic life, notably Precious Bane (1924)

3. Sidney ( James ), Baron Passfield. 1859–1947, British economist, social historian, and Fabian socialist. He and his wife ( Martha ) Beatrice (née Potter ), 1858–1943, British writer on social and economic problems, collaborated in The History of Trade Unionism (1894) and English Local Government (1906–29), helped found the London School of Economics (1895), and started the New Statesman (1913)

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Webb

Sir Steve Webb, partner at pensions consultancy LCP and a former pensions minister, said he was shocked at how few people the government expected to actually receive the payment.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Webb eschews the Wagnerian method of film scoring—dark motifs for the evil characters, bright tunes for the good ones—in favor of fluid, shifting psychological music, a forerunner of Hitchcock’s scores with Bernard Herrmann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, also orbits the Sun around one million miles from Earth, but its field of vision is not as expansive.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Roman’s final destination is the same cosmic parking lot where the James Webb Space Telescope resides: a million miles from Earth, far past the moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

And even if they had noticed, only Zoey or Webb could’ve possibly known why.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner