Theodore

[ thee-uh-dawr, -dohr ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”

Example Sentences

“We were pleasantly surprised,” says Katie Tilford, interim executive director for the Theodore Payne Foundation, a nonprofit nursery and education center for native California plant life.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ted has been the heart and soul of Gibson Dunn for six decades and made us who we are today,” said Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., partner at Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles who regularly collaborated with Olson on major cases.

From Los Angeles Times

Native plant gardens are a new way of thinking about landscaping in Southern California, but the Theodore Payne Foundation has a wealth of knowledge on the subject, having been focused on California native plants for 64 years.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was really startling to see how insecure their lives were,” said Nik Theodore, an urban planning professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, who carried out the study with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a nonprofit group that advocates for migrants.

From Los Angeles Times

By 1888, New York politician and sometimes rancher Theodore Roosevelt described Western stockmen as "the pioneers of civilization," who with "their daring and adventurousness make the after settlement of the region possible."

From Salon