Whitman
Americannoun
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Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.
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Walt(er), 1819–92, U.S. poet.
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a city in SE Massachusetts.
noun
Example Sentences
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EBay emerged from the bursting of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s largely unscathed, prompting then-CEO Meg Whitman to remark that “eBay is to some extent recession-proof.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Recent gubernatorial campaigns have been dominated by larger-than-life personalities — global superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger, eBay billionaire Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown, the scion of a storied California political family.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
About the author: Mike Harris is the founder of Cribstone Strategic Macro and the director of Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management London program.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Mr. Koppl is a professor of finance at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Not exactly a world of possibility, but a better sense of Kumu Whitman.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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