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Winston

American  
[win-stuhn] / ˈwɪn stən /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Winston British  
/ ˈwɪnstən /

noun

  1. Robert ( Maurice Lipson ), Baron. born 1940, British obstetrician and gynaecologist, noted for his work on human infertility treatment; as a broadcaster, his TV series include The Human Body (1998) and How Science Changed the World (2010)

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Open-skies agreements deregulated airline competition on international routes starting in the 1990s, leading to much cheaper airfares and more international flights from the U.S., said Clifford Winston, a Brookings Institution economist who studied the pacts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

A spokesperson for New Zealand's Racing Minister Winston Peters called the plans to relocate the dogs "the last gasp actions of a dying industry".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Within minutes, Winston and his younger sister were in the car and on the way to pick up their brother.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The first is that “buybacks have been very concentrated,” according to Winston Chua, a liquidity analyst at EPFR, part of ISI Markets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Answers for Mr. Winston as he went on and on shouting, "'Cannon to right of them! Cannon to left of them!' Are ye part of the six hundred? Are ye part of the Light Brigade?"

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

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