Weill

[ wahyl; German vahyl ]

/ waɪl; German vaɪl /

noun

Kurt

[kurt; German koort], /kɜrt; German kʊərt/, 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.

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weigh up, Weihai, Wei He, Weil, Weil-Felix test, Weill, Weil's disease, Weimar, Weimaraner, Weimar Republic, Weinberg

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The most recent Weill Cornell study found the risk of neonatal mortality to be about 1.2 per 1,000 births.
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Weill recalls the language of his college days to explain the easy passage of farm subsidies and the mounting resistance to SNAP.
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Ortega is in stable but critical condition on a respirator at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
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As The New York Times reported Weill hastily “issued a press release promising to never again use the Citi jet.”
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But Weill put together this behemoth anyway and went about masterminding the repeal of Glass-Steagall, which happened in 1999.
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The king said it was not possible, becaus they war so many, and so weill fastened togidder.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
Weill snatched the cigarette from his mouth to keep from swallowing it.
The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper
Weill threw his drink into the fire; he must have avoided throwing the glass in with it by a last-second exercise of self-control.
The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper
Late one afternoon Mr. Weill's carriage ran over a child on its way up-town through one of the poorer districts.
A Far Country, Complete|Winston Churchill
Weill wouldn't have believed, anyhow; no use trying to blame himself for that.
The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for Weill

Weill

/ (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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