Yale

American  

[yeyl] / yeɪl /

noun

1. Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).

2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).

3. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

The current average effective tariff rate in the U.S. stands at 11.8%, the highest level since the early 1940s if last year is excluded, according to estimates from the Budget Lab at Yale.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“Our study is the strongest evidence to date that reducing wildlife trade will reduce pandemic risk,” said Colin Carlson, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health and a co-author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Harvard-Westlake 8, Loyola 0: Junior Justin Kirchner, a Yale commit, struck out 13 and threw a no-hitter in the Mission League win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Mr. Kennedy is the Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University and the author of “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Seeing black people graduate from Harvard and Yale and become CEOs or corporate lawyers—not to mention president of the United States—causes us all to marvel at what a long way we have come.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander