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Whitelaw

British  
/ ˈwaɪtˌlɔː /

noun

  1. William ( Stephen Ian ), 1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith. 1918–99, British Conservative politician; Home Secretary (1979–83); leader of the House of Lords (1983–88)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In that case, says Whitelaw, “maybe we should be telling young investors that they should actually be levering up, and that this is the tool to do it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Clarity is led by two former Walmart executives, Andy Ruben and Darrell Whitelaw.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Yet, Whitelaw notes, it's far from enough: "Big funding is needed to really do this properly. The need is increasing."

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

“With the sad news today of Ian Wilmut’s passing, science has lost a household name,’’ Bruce Whitelaw, the director of the Roslin Institute, said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2023

One of the reporters, as it happened, representing the Cincinnati Commercial, was a young Ohioan named Whitelaw Reid, now the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Herbert Newton Casson

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