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wedel

American  
[veyd-l] / ˈveɪd l /

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in wedeln.


Etymology

Origin of wedel

First recorded in 1960–65; back formation from wedeln

Example Sentences

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In Brooklyn, 32-year-old Alex Wedel tries to put at least a few hundred dollars into his Fidelity investment account and his Roth IRA every month.

From The Wall Street Journal

I should put $500 or $1,000 in if I have it in my account,’ ” Wedel said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I wish I had started sooner,” Wedel said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Dinosaurs were all egg-layers, and the largest sauropods were probably laying hundreds of eggs each year. So babies, juveniles and sub-adults always outnumbered the adults. We suspect that the big theropods were wearing down their teeth attacking, killing and completely consuming young sauropods, which wouldn't leave any bitten bones behind to be fossilized," Wedel said.

From Reuters

"At that point, the prey has many more options for hurting the predator than vice versa. A single kick or tail swipe from a big sauropod could potentially be fatal. Most of the time, there would have been many more young sauropods around, so a theropod would have to have been suicidally determined to attack an adult," said study co-author Mathew Wedel, an anatomist and paleontologist at Western University of Health Sciences in California.

From Reuters