Lowell

[ loh-uhl ]

noun

1. Ab·bott Lawrence [ab, -, uh, t], 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.
2. his sister Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic.
3. James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat.
4. Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer and author (brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell).
5. Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet.
6. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
7. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “little wolf.”

Lowell

/ ˈləʊəl /

noun

1. LowellAmy (Lawrence)18741925FUSWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Amy ( Lawrence ). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic
2. LowellJames Russell18191891MUSWRITING: poetWRITING: essayistPOLITICS: diplomat James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)
3. LowellRobert (Traill Spence)19171977MUSWRITING: poet Robert ( Traill Spence ). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, several solvers, like Emily Boyajian of Minneapolis, Minnesota, explicitly found the probability distribution that Lowell approximated computationally.

From FiveThirtyEight

Lowell ran a total of 4 million simulations, dividing each of the two hops into 2,000 uniformly distributed angles.

From FiveThirtyEight

Lowell had searched for what he called Planet X until he died in 1916.

From Science News

In February, a judge granted a protective order for women incarcerated at Lowell and other Florida facilities who alleged that they were subjected to “unconstitutional isolation practices” in retaliation for outspokenness about prison conditions.

From Washington Post

A University of Massachusetts at Lowell poll published last week showed Cunningham up six points over Tillis, and he was closing in on 50 percent of support for all voters in North Carolina.

From Washington Post

He could recite reams of Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, and Lowell, and he did so while I stood there, amazed.

From The Daily Beast

Robert Lowell called him the most important Irish poet since William Butler Yeats.

From The Daily Beast

Lowell worried that he had whittled away his talent in the pursuit of “some ironic integrity.”

From The Daily Beast

Cast: Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, Parker Young, Keith David, Angelique Cabral.

From The Daily Beast

Wilde set sail from Liverpool with letters of introduction from James Russell Lowell and Edward Burne-Jones.

From The Daily Beast

A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, Mr. Lowell has failed to discover any traces of clouds upon the surface of the planet.

From Project Gutenberg

Lowell straightened up suddenly, a tingle of apprehension running through him.

From Project Gutenberg

The sheriff was out, but Lowell left the necessary information as to the location of the automobile and the body.

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Lowell was frankly worried as he sped away from the agency with Plenty Buffalo and the interpreter.

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