Whitney
Americannoun
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Eli, 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
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John Hay, 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
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Josiah Dwight, 1819–96, U.S. geologist.
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William Dwight, 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
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Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4,418 meters).
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a male given name.
noun
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Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts
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William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)
noun
Example Sentences
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Bumble was launched in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, who was also a co-founder of dating app giant Tinder.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The value of Bumble, the Whitney Wolfe Herd-founded dating app, in a deal that would take the company private, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Whitney after they failed to descend the mountain and reunite with a hiking companion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Fortunately the plot’s fairly predictable turns—the climax is a funny sing-off between Paulina and Ericka during a performance of the Whitney Houston power ballad “The Greatest Love of All”—are softened by the purely pleasurable performances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The reason was named Amber, and before her Whitney, and before her Jill and the others.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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