Weill

American

[wahyl, vahyl] / waɪl, vaɪl /

noun

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

Weill British

/ vaɪl /

noun

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. Rekha Kumar, associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, said most healthy adults can consume up to 400 mg of caffeine a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Earlier in her career at Weill Cornell Medicine, Balbach helped show that blocking a critical sperm enzyme caused temporary infertility in mice.

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

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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

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