Vernet

[ ver-ne ]

noun

1. Claude Jo·seph [klohd zhaw-, zef], 1714–89, French painter.
2. his grandson (É·mile Jean) Hor·ace [ey-, meel, zhah, n, aw-, ras], 1789–1863, French painter.

Example Sentences

Dr Elise Vernet is an adaptive optics specialist at ESO and has been overseeing development of the five giant mirrors that will gather and channel light to the telescope’s measuring equipment.

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Dr Elise Vernet is an adaptive optics specialist at ESO and has been overseeing development of the five giant mirrors that will gather and channel light to the telescope’s measuring equipment.

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"Farmers are having to do much more... with less support," Luc Vernet of Brussels-based think tank Farm Europe told the BBC.

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But Mr Vernet batted off these concerns: "Farmers are not extremists. In fact, farmers in Europe are the first Europeans, because they're the ones who know best how important Europe is for them."

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Goron believed that if he measured Vernet—if he used the Bertillon system—he could prove that Vernet was actually Simon.

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