Sinclair

[ sin-klair, sing- sin-klair, sing- ]

noun

1. Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
2. May, 1865?–1946, British novelist.
3. Up·ton (Beall) [uhp, -t, uh, n bel], 1878–1968, U.S. novelist, socialist, and reformer.
4. a male given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Clair.

Sinclair

/ sɪŋˈklɛə; ˈsɪŋklɛə /

noun

1. SinclairSir Clive (Marles)1940MBritishTECHNOLOGY: engineerTECHNOLOGY: inventorBUSINESS: entrepreneur Sir Clive ( Marles ). born 1940, English electronics engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who produced such electronic goods as pocket calculators and some of the first home computers; however, the Sinclair C5 (1985), a small light electric vehicle for one person, proved a commercial failure
2. SinclairUpton (Beall)18781968MUSWRITING: novelist Upton ( Beall ). 1878–1968, US novelist, whose The Jungle (1906) exposed the working and sanitary conditions of the Chicago meat-packing industry and prompted the passage of food inspection laws

Example Sentences

Last year’s Night Games drew about 2,000 participants over its two days, says Sinclair.

From Los Angeles Times

Secondly, said Prof Sinclair, the distance over which mountains uplift from a point of intensive localised erosion is extremely hard to predict.

From BBC

But when a reporter for the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group asked how he would make prices drop, Trump’s response was an untethered excursion into magical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times

The next day, Friday, at his residence/club/resort/hotel Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump gave an interview to Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a conservative network of independent television stations around the country.

From Salon

In an interview with Sinclair Media Group, he was asked if he could foresee another run in the event that he loses to Kamala Harris.

From BBC