larry
1 Americannoun
plural
larriesnoun
plural
larriesnoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of larry
First recorded in 1850–55; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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“He was outspoken, he wanted to do a good job,” said Larry Chafin, chief executive and chairman of Pluto Cloud Services, who blogged for Network World at the same time as Reese.
His father, Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, largely financed the takeover, offering a financial guarantee that finally persuaded the Warner Bros. board.
From Barron's
And once Netflix dropped its own $72 billion deal for Warner’s studios and HBO Max streaming business, the scion of software billionaire Larry Ellison was poised to become one of the most powerful people in a town that once derided him as a nepo-baby.
Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison assembled a war room of trusted advisors, including his billionaire father, Larry Ellison.
From Los Angeles Times
“That’s really the big story about why our snowpack is so meager,” said Larry O’Neill, the Oregon state climatologist and an associate professor at Oregon State University.
From Los Angeles Times
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