Used in a Sentence

valdez

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for valdez.

Editorial note

The DA’s office did not have a formal, written Brady-Giglio policy until Valdez implemented hers in January 2022.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable) A city in Alaska, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of valdez gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) A city in Alaska, United States.

noun

(countable) A surname from Spanish.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for valdez.

noun

(uncountable) A city in Alaska, United States.

noun

(countable) A surname from Spanish.

Example sentences

1

The DA’s office did not have a formal, written Brady-Giglio policy until Valdez implemented hers in January 2022.

2

They've never seen any pictures of oil-covered birds from the Exxon Valdez or Deepwater Horizon disasters.

3

Hasn't seen any pictures of oil coated birds from the Exxon Valdez or the Deepwater Horizon.

4

Who went to prison from Exxon for the Valdez oil spill[1], or from BP for the Deep Water Horizon[2] debacle?

5

Exxon Valdez oil spill: Alaska’s Prince William Sound contaminated with 11 million gallons of crude oil.

6

The current privacy Valdez is flash cookies, which are shockingly ubiquitous.

7

Ray Valdez wrote a good contract that said I retained the copyright, so I could republish it myself later, which was nice thing for him to do without me even thinking to ask.

8

The DDJ editor Ray Valdez was kind enough to (without me even asking) grant me keep the copyright to the article about pie menus that I wrote for the Dec 1991 UI issue.

9

It ended up being several times larger than the Valdez spill, a lot of it ended up on the beaches of Saudi Arabia, and it was never cleaned up, so it's still causing a lot of ecological damage.

Quote examples

1

Most of that ended after Valdez and was accelerated when Lee "Iron Ass" Raymond became CEO in 1993.

2

I'm waiting to see Juan Valdez and his trusty mule to be equipped with the Google "Trail" View equipment.

3

Reminds me of "fetched up" describing what happened to the Exxon Valdez.

4

But not even "Juan Valdez" here in Colombia has power sockets available for customers to use; while most of them in USA (at least in California) are filled with them.

Proper noun examples

1

It’s not a guarantee of safety (Exxon Valdez, anyone?), but it does raise the floor.

2

When oil companies mess up, Deep Water Horizon and Exxon Valdez.

3

In a way, this ship is Italy's Exxon Valdez¹.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use valdez in a sentence?

The DA’s office did not have a formal, written Brady-Giglio policy until Valdez implemented hers in January 2022.

What does valdez mean?

(uncountable) A city in Alaska, United States.

What part of speech is valdez?

valdez is commonly used as noun.