Yoo
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- proper noun
- I thought it was smart that Professor Yoo kept referencing the book.
- Dr. John Yoo
- Mr. Yoo
- Engle and Yoo
Examples
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The CIA took it to the Bush White House and John Yoo at the Office of Legal Counsel.
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My point is that Yoo was not in a position to make that determination.
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Notice, Professor Yoo would not say he is a good lawyer.
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I doubt the defense of Yoo would be nearly as fierce if he taught at Hastings or elsewhere.
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The fact that he failed to do so with John Yoo hardly tarnishes his record.
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Then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo said forthrightly in a speech.
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I also don't think it proves that Yoo was correct in his viewpoints.
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Military lawyers were outraged by the implications of John Yoo's memo.
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There's a weird tendency on this blog for people to defend Yoo, almost irrationally.
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John Yoo, a legal scholar, has written extensively on constitutional law.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yoo is a family name written in English letters for several East Asian surnames, especially Korean. It often comes from the Korean syllable 유 and from old Chinese family names that can mean 'willow', and a helpful way to remember it is that Yoo sounds like the English word 'you'.