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Breckinridge

American  
[brek-uhn-rij] / ˈbrɛk ənˌrɪdʒ /

noun

  1. John Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.


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Most hyperscalers, however, are high-quality companies with strong balance sheets and “debt capacity” to spare, according to Nick Elfner, co-head of research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

The youngest vice president. was John C. Breckinridge, a Kentuckian who served in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

It was then that Ms Copeland discovered her photos had been found in three different locations - with one picked up in Breckinridge County, some 140 miles away.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

To his credit, Breckinridge behaved honorably and delivered the certificates, presiding over his own defeat.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2021

All this was going on in the front of Reynolds and Palmer, while Breckinridge, as already described, was entering the open field from the north in plain sight from their rear.

From Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888. by Boynton, Henry V.

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