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Smyth

American

[smahyth] / smaɪθ /

noun

Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.
1st Baron. Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth.

Smyth British

/ smaɪð /

noun

Dame Ethel ( Mary ). 1858–1944, British composer, best known for her operas, such as The Wreckers (1906). She was imprisoned for supporting the suffragette movement

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The Kurds are unlikely to “roll into Tehran” since they prefer to operate in their usual ethnic area, said Phillip Smyth, an expert on Shia militias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

It's an expensive process that has left Smyth feeling both angry and nervous at the thought of driving.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Judge Patricia Smyth described both men as "dangerous".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Current members Arpit Gupta, Christina Smyth and Alex Armlovich will also continue on for another year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Smyth was a former chairman of the Princeton physics department who had authored an official history of the bomb program released to the public following Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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