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Brian

American  
[brahy-uhn] / ˈbraɪ ən /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Brian British  
/ ˈbraɪən /

noun

  1. Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)

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CEO Brian Armstrong closed the call by reading out a series of terms — “bitcoin, ethereum, blockchain, staking and web3.”

From Los Angeles Times

“America and Israel are witnessing the limits of what air and naval power alone can do,” said Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bryant, the pastor, and other leaders who were part of the call for a boycott met last year with Target’s then-chief executive, Brian Cornell.

From The Wall Street Journal

The measures, announced in December after a review by a retired judge Sir Brian Leveson, would scrap jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years.

From BBC

Brian won a Knight-Bagehot fellowship at Columbia University in 2017 and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

From The Wall Street Journal