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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

/ ˈsɪŋklɛə; sɪŋˈklɛə /

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


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Sinclair followed up that feat with a starring role in the TV mini-series Roots.

Object storage was developed in the 1990s to handle data stores that were simply too large to be backed up with file and block storage, says Sinclair.

The show, which had been posted online to multiple Sinclair station websites, was edited to remove some of the claims before it aired.

Eric Bolling used an episode of his Sinclair show to spread misinformation about covid.

Part of the issue, Sinclair said, is that if the election has an impact on the economy, it probably won’t be immediate.

With Sinclair as our non-judgmental guide, we see that these revelations are not meant to shock us but, perhaps, enlighten us.

It seems magical: a private island off Massachusetts, where the “beautiful, rich” extended Sinclair family has summered for years.

Ted Lindsay, Reggie Sinclair, and Marty Pavelich of the Red Wings, were ushers, and Ted's wife, Pat, was matron of honor.

It was filmed in the real $50,000-a-month Tribeca townhouse that Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, rented back in 2011.

Sinclair published a well-documented book on the subject in 2012.

I have shown your account of your thrashing by steam, and Sir John Sinclair and Mr. —— very highly approve it.

The whole episode contrasts markedly with the exploit of Bishop Sinclair in Fife.

Geordie Sinclair knew that this enthusiasm would soon evaporate.

And Nellie Sinclair never in all her life sang that song so well as she did that night; and she never sang it again.

Matters were now much easier and more comfortable for Geordie Sinclair and his wife.

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