Sanger

[ sang-er ]

noun

1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.
2. Mar·ga·ret (Louise) Hig·gins [mahr, -g, uh, -rit , hig, -inz], 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.
3. a town in central California.

Sanger

¹

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. SangerFrederick1918MEnglishSCIENCE: chemist Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)
2. SangerMargaret (Higgins)18831966FUSPOLITICS: birth-control campaigner Margaret ( Higgins ). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

sanger

²

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. slang.
   a sandwich Also calledsango

Sanger

/ săng′ər /

1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.

Example Sentences

“He was specifically interested in finding a philoso­pher to lead the project,” Sanger recalled.

From The Daily Beast

“Because of the neutrality policy, we have partisans working together on the same articles,” Sanger explained.

From The Daily Beast

“Consequently, nearly everyone with much expertise but little patience will avoid ed­iting Wikipedia,” Sanger lamented.

From The Daily Beast

To help develop it, he hired a doctoral student in philosophy, Larry Sanger, whom he first met in online discussion groups.

From The Daily Beast

It then dawned on Sanger, he claimed, that a wiki could be used to help solve the problems he was having with Nupedia.

From The Daily Beast

Sam was heavier and stronger than Yan, but Yan had gained wonderfully since coming to Sanger.

From Project Gutenberg

A thousand dollars in Sanger was like one hundred thousand dollars in a big city.

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They proposed to take the whole Sanger camp, but in a hand-to-hand fight of both tribes it was another draw.

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This swamp was a wild tract, ten miles by thirty, that lay a dozen miles north of Sanger.

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For this was Sanger, where small gatherings held the same place as the club, theatre and newspaper do in the lives of city folk.

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