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Wheelock

American  
[hwee-lok, wee-] / ˈʰwi lɒk, ˈwi- /

noun

  1. Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.


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At the Wheelock Hall farm shop, a man told me the standing charge on his energy bills had gone up and his car insurance had doubled.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Another of the experts, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., former curator of northern Baroque paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, said in an interview that he had been quickly convinced of Rembrandt’s authorship.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

This season began with a Berber brainstorm, the Title IX Tipoff, originally set to take place at Wheelock Gym on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2023

In the 1990s, NGA curator Arthur Wheelock, an acknowledged Vermeer expert and recently retired, had “Girl With a Flute” designated as “attributed to Vermeer.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

"Miss Wheelock had four parcels, and I saw you take up all of them."

From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold