Wells

American  

[welz] / wɛlz /

noun

1. Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.

2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.

3. Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.

4. Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.

5. a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.

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Wells ¹ British  

/ wɛlz /

noun

1. Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company

2. H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)

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Wells ² British  

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noun

1. a city in SW England, in Somerset: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 10 406 (2001)

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Example Sentences

“March has been obviously pretty nasty” for stocks, said Scott Wren, a senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch

Jannik Sinner creating a moment of history by adding the Miami Open title to his Indian Wells victory will certainly not have escaped Carlos Alcaraz's notice.

From BBC

Belarusian Sabalenka, 27, is the fifth female player - and the first since Iga Swiatek in 2022 - to complete the 'Sunshine Double' by winning titles at Indian Wells and Miami in the same season.

From BBC

So he got in touch with John Wells, who had been the showrunner on ER, and the rest, as they say, is history.

From BBC

The “AI scare trade,” as Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo called it Monday, was unfolding.

From Barron's