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[jen-er-uhl] / ˈdʒɛn ər əl /




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In 2021 her father made her a chief of staff in his private bodyguard, giving her the rank of general.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“Congressional Democratic support of legislation that would undercut Democratic governors and attorneys general is a long shot, in our view,” wrote Stifel Chief Washington Policy Strategist Brian Gardner in a research note this week.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is co-leading a new AI business called Prometheus, which plans to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products such as a jet engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The models successfully reproduced the general asymmetry caused by temperature differences, but the observed effect was stronger than predicted.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

I peered into the windows of the district’s herbalists, general stores, and curio shops.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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