Weill

American  

[wahyl, vahyl] / waɪl, vaɪl /

noun

1. Kurt 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.

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Weill British  

/ vaɪl /

noun

1. Kurt (kʊrt). 1900–50, German composer, in the US from 1935. He wrote the music for Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1927) and The Threepenny Opera (1928)

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Dr. Anthony Rossi, associate professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and founder of the skin-care brand Dr. Rossi, calls the trend “strategic wrinkling.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The research received support in part from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Weill Cornell Medicine.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

M.A., an assistant professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

Citi’s former CEO Sandy Weill just gave the largest donation in veterinary medicine to the school that cared for his dog.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

In Depression-era Europe, The Threepenny Opera clearly struck a chord: by the time Weill left Germany for the USA in 1933 it had been translated into eighteen languages and performed several thousand times.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall