Webb

[web]

noun

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

Webb

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Indeed, that stickiness in wage growth will do little to prompt the central bank to cut interest rates again this year, Capital Economics economist Ashley Webb said.

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Recent infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope revealed many monster galaxies lurking in the early Universe.

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Bob Webb, 74, a chief operating officer at a Pittsburgh law firm, lives near the trail and ticked off its hills and swerves until his brother from Maryland interrupted.

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“These types of technologies are going to be an incredible enhancement,” Jim Webb, Boeing’s chief commercial pilot, said in September at a pilot union conference in Chicago.

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Dream Exchange’s lawyer, Dan K. Webb, said that “claims made against Dream Exchange and its founder are false and meritless.”

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