Yale
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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).
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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).
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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Yale economist Robert Shiller is widely credited with developing much of the theory behind perpetual futures contracts back in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
“It was impressive to see that every dose of retatrutide resulted in clinically meaningful weight reduction for nearly all participants,” said lead investigator Ania Jastreboff, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
There was an excitement in the air, as some were applying to a program at Yale that allowed them to skip their senior year in high school.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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