How do you use Shapley in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like astronomer or stargazer, plus the exact meaning.
Shapley in a sentence
Shapley meaning
A surname.
Synonyms of Shapley
Using Shapley
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- Useful related words include: harlow shapley, astronomer, uranologist, stargazer.
- In the example corpus, shapley often appears in combinations such as: harlow shapley, shapley class, shapley and.
Context around Shapley
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shapley
- In this selection, "shapley" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, harlow, gary, famous, class, curtis and left stand out and add context to how "shapley" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1914 harlow shapley began a and 29 harlow shapley and helen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shapley" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shapley
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The New York Times independently confirmed Shapley’s testimony about Estrada refusing to cooperate with Weiss. (16 words)
M46 is classified as a Shapley class f and a Trumpler class III 2 m cluster. (16 words)
In 1920, the famous Shapley-Curtis debate took place between Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis over this issue. (19 words)
In 1917, the astronomer Harlow Shapley was able to estimate the Sun 's distance from the galactic centre based on the distribution of globular clusters; previously the Sun's location within the Milky Way was by no means well established. (40 words)
Shapley, who oversaw the Hunter Biden investigation, has testified to Congress that he was told Weiss attempted to bring charges against Hunter Biden earlier on in the investigation in other districts, but was denied by DOJ leadership. (37 words)
Similar to Graves, Estrada was nominated by President Biden and became a U.S. Attorney in September 2022, right before prosecutors presented their case against Hunter Biden to California’s Central District, Shapley said. (34 words)
Example sentences (19)
In 1920, the famous Shapley-Curtis debate took place between Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis over this issue.
A second whistleblower was unnamed but said he “initiated the criminal tax investigation” into Hunter Biden as a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation who worked under Shapley.
Gary Shapley, left, and Joseph Ziegler of the Internal Revenue Service testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley provided the House Ways and Means Committee with a text message exchange where Hunter Biden shook down a Chinese business associate.
Shapley, who oversaw the Hunter Biden investigation, has testified to Congress that he was told Weiss attempted to bring charges against Hunter Biden earlier on in the investigation in other districts, but was denied by DOJ leadership.
Similar to Graves, Estrada was nominated by President Biden and became a U.S. Attorney in September 2022, right before prosecutors presented their case against Hunter Biden to California’s Central District, Shapley said.
The FBI verified its authenticity in November of 2019 by matching the device number against Hunter Biden’s Apple iCloud ID,” Shapley the Ways and Means Committee on May 26.
The New York Times independently confirmed Shapley’s testimony about Estrada refusing to cooperate with Weiss.
A different method by Harlow Shapley based on the cataloguing of globular clusters led to a radically different picture: a flat disk with diameter approximately 70 kiloparsecs and the Sun far from the center.
Beginning in 1914, Harlow Shapley began a series of studies of globular clusters, published in about 40 scientific papers.
In 1917, the astronomer Harlow Shapley was able to estimate the Sun 's distance from the galactic centre based on the distribution of globular clusters; previously the Sun's location within the Milky Way was by no means well established.
In 1918, this strongly asymmetrical distribution was used by Harlow Shapley to make a determination of the overall dimensions of the galaxy.
In 1927–29, Harlow Shapley and Helen Sawyer began categorizing clusters according to the degree of concentration the system has toward the core.
Later, it was found that RR Lyrae variables are fainter than Cepheid variables, which caused Shapley to overestimate the distance to the clusters. citation NGC 7006 is a highly concentrated, Class I globular cluster.
Like neighboring 47 Tucanae, NGC 362 is a Shapley class III cluster and among the brightest globular clusters in the sky.
M46 is classified as a Shapley class f and a Trumpler class III 2 m cluster.
Nonconvexities in large economies main Starr (1969) applied the Shapley–Folkman–Starr theorem to prove that even without convex preferences there exists an approximate equilibrium.
One of the few globular clusters visible in the Northern Hemisphere winter, it is a Shapley class V cluster, which means that it has an intermediate concentration towards its center.
The idea of approval was adopted by X. Hu and Lloyd Shapley in 2003 ( citation ) in studying authority distribution in organizations.
Common combinations with shapley
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- harlow shapley 6×
- shapley class 3×
- shapley and 2×
- gary shapley 2×
- shapley to 2×
- is shapley 2×