Woodward

American  

[wood-werd] / ˈwʊd wərd /

noun

1. C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.

2. Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.

3. a town in northwestern Oklahoma.

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Woodward British  

/ ˈwʊdwəd /

noun

1. Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.

2. R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965

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Example Sentences

This week, Aylin Woodward reports on a new method to track objects in orbit that fall back to Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was to prove fruitless in any case as Revie put an end to the rumours with a phone call from his holiday to Leeds director Percy Woodward.

From BBC

In spite of the increasing tools being used by repressive regimes, Woodward is surprisingly optimistic about the future of internet.

From BBC

"The counter argument here is that small targets have less impact if they are penetrated," says Prof Alan Woodward from Surrey University, a computer security expert.

From BBC

Josh Woodward, who oversees the Gemini app as well as Google Labs—a proving ground of sorts for new AI applications—called the launch of Nano Banana a “success disaster.”

From The Wall Street Journal