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Neal

American  
[neel] / nil /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Example Sentences

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“They realized they had to have some way to communicate what that stuff was,” said Neal Hurst, one of the curators of the new exhibition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“With the 2026–2027 RVOs now in place, the industry is positioned to deliver,” Shelby Neal, Darling’s vice president of renewables and energy policy, wrote in a blog post Wednesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Victoria's Alpine region is home to a very small, close-knit community, where both the Freeman family and the slain officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart were well-known.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“Markets thrive on clarity,” Neal Kumar, the chief legal officer of Polymarket, said in a statement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

And, after that, Neal went to Foundry Networks, which made routers and switches—essential pieces of technology to deliver Internet traffic.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel