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schweitzer

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for schweitzer.

Editorial note

Albert Schweitzer examined over 10,000 traditionally-living natives in Gabon (West Africa) in 1913 and did not find cancer.

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Quick take

A surname from German.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surname from German.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for schweitzer.

noun

A surname from German.

Example sentences

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Albert Schweitzer examined over 10,000 traditionally-living natives in Gabon (West Africa) in 1913 and did not find cancer.

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Even Albert Schweitzer by the end had lost hope that it could survive at all without constant intervention.

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Mary Schweitzer extracting collagen, haemoglobin, elastin, laminin from 80 million year old Hadrosaur and verifying it.

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Captain Ashby and Captain Schweitzer were put on trial … and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide.

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Interesting read, I wonder why Marianne Schweitzer extracted what interested her in Melita Maschmann's letters then destroyed them.

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The interface led Callie Schweitzer to think the photo was public.

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Albert Schweitzer was once asked why he was OK with witch-doctors (as they were called then) practising outside his hospital, and he said they treated the stuff they could and sent the serious cases to him.

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All of them had something that would require canceling at this very moment - Washington had dentures made of slaves' teeth, Edison stole inventions and electrocuted elephants, Schweitzer believed that black people were inferior and so on.

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To answer your question of motivation/appeal to know more about your grandparents' parents (and beyond), here is one data point - I grew up hearing that my mother was related to the Alsatian polymath Albert Schweitzer (1) and I've wanted to see exactly how we are related.

Quote examples

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Reminds me of that quote attributed to Albert Schweitzer: >"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall.

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Peter Schweitzer’s book “Throw all of them out” details them.

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> “The potential for weirdos is too great, and $20 or $30 simply isn’t worth it,” says Julia Schweitzer, a Brooklyn-based startup employee who works remotely.

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"One benefit of being the last one standing is that when competitors close, Schweitzer won much of their business, he says." --quote from OA I have noticed this with electric organs (Hammond &c), (mechanical) pianos, film camera repair, vintage car maintenance.

Proper noun examples

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Mary Schweitzer, an evolutionist, not a creationist, and can be found here along with photographs.

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A valuable lesson from Callie Schweitzer: Do whatever you want with whatever you find.

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Kaye, Gary Gaugler and Zbigniew Sawlowicz found that Schweitzer's samples(The T-Rex soft tissue you mention) contained framboids, and the apparent soft tissue was essentially pond scum.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use schweitzer in a sentence?

Albert Schweitzer examined over 10,000 traditionally-living natives in Gabon (West Africa) in 1913 and did not find cancer.

What does schweitzer mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is schweitzer?

schweitzer is commonly used as noun.