Stanley

[ stan-lee ]

noun

1. Arthur Pen·rhyn [pen, -rin], Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
2. Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.
3. Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother Free·lan [free, -l, uh, n], 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.
4. Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.
5. Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
6. the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.
7. Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.
8. a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”

Stanley

¹

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. StanleySir Henry Morton18411904MBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerWRITING: journalist Sir Henry Morton . 1841–1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874–77; 1879–84; 1887–89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State

Stanley

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/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)
2. a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)
3. Mount Stanley
   a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft) Congolese nameNgaliema Mountain

Example Sentences

Already, several companies, such as Stanley Black & Decker and AutoZone, noted on earnings calls they would raise prices if faced with tariffs.

From Salon

That’s what Stanley Hudson was up to the morning before a dinner party he was hosting for 15 friends.

From Los Angeles Times

Stanley Black & Decker and AutoZone noted on earnings calls they would raise prices if faced with tariffs.

From Salon

It’s not only that, as Stanley notes, “the Republican Party’s domination of all branches of government would render the U.S. a one-party state.”

From Salon

China risks falling into the type of decades-long stagnation that Japan endured after a stock and property bubble burst in the 1990s, Morgan Stanley Asia's former chairman, Stephen Roach, says.

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