Moniz

[ maw-neesh ]

noun

1. An·to·nio Ca·e·ta·no de A·bre·u Fre·i·re E·gas [ah, n, -, taw, -ny, oo, kah-, uh, -, tah, -n, oo, d, uh, , uh, -, bre, -, oo, f, r, uh, -, ee, -, r, uh, , ee, -g, uh, sh], 1874–1955, Portuguese neurosurgeon: Nobel Prize 1949.

Example Sentences

Through these intergenerational narratives all set against the swampy backdrop of Florida, Moniz creates a portrait of women taking stock of their lives and what matters most to them.

From Time

President Obama nominated supersmart MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to run the Department of Energy.

From The Daily Beast

The organization lambasted Moniz for his preference for fossil fuels as an energy source and for being a fracking “cheerleader.”

From The Daily Beast

“We have terrible things happen sometimes, despite the best care, in hospitals,” Moniz says.

From The Daily Beast

He watched them with scowling brows and tightened lips, Moniz and Nunes silent behind him.

From Project Gutenberg

He was awakened early by a chamberlain at the urgent instances of Emigio Moniz, who was demanding immediate audience.

From Project Gutenberg

But Emigio Moniz and the elder members of his council refused to laugh.

From Project Gutenberg

But the most curious thing in the whole church is the tomb of Egas Moniz himself.

From Project Gutenberg

In his conduct after this behaviour of his ward and pupil, old Egas Moniz showed how fit he was to have been the tutor of a hero.

From Project Gutenberg