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Ernie

American  
[ur-nee] / ˈɜr ni /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Ernest.

  2. a female given name, form of Ernestine.


Ernie British  
/ ˈɜːnɪ /

noun

  1. (in Britain) a machine that randomly selects winning numbers of Premium Bonds

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Etymology

Origin of Ernie

C20: acronym of E lectronic R andom N umber I ndicator E quipment

Example Sentences

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Baidu has gone all-in on artificial intelligence in recent years, launching its Ernie large-language model and plowing money into its cloud business.

From Barron's

Baidu has gone all-in on artificial intelligence in recent years, launching its Ernie large-language model and plowing money into its cloud business.

From Barron's

CEO Ernie Herrman touted the results as “excellent,” with full-year net sales topping $60 billion for the first time, and said the first quarter “is off to a strong start.”

From MarketWatch

Chief Executive Ernie Herrman said TJX had an excellent fourth quarter, “with sales, profitability and earnings per share all well above our plan.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Karma’s booth will feature paintings from Ernie Barnes and Milton Avery Pace will stage a never-before-seen installation by James Turrell; Hoffman Donahue is presenting its first expanded program highlighting Martine Syms; David Kordansky Gallery is showing Sam Gilliam and Lauren Halsey; and Superposition will show Greg Ito in the Focus section, among many others.

From Los Angeles Times