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Custer

American  
[kuhs-ter] / ˈkʌs tər /

noun

  1. George Armstrong 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.


Custer British  
/ ˈkʌstə /

noun

  1. George Armstrong. 1839–76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux Indians at Little Bighorn, Montana

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“Nobody knew what Foundayo was” two months ago, Kenneth Custer, head of Lilly’s cardiometabolic health unit, said at an investor conference in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“We’ve had GLP-1 single agonists and then dual agonists and now oral medicines,” said Kenneth Custer, president of Lilly Cardiometabolic Health, said during an earnings call in April.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

He struck on an idea to carve representations of the American West into the granite pinnacles of the Central Black Hills: The Lakota leader Red Cloud, Lewis and Clark, George Armstrong Custer.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025

In high-cost urban areas like New York County or rural regions like Custer County, Idaho, meal costs are far higher than the average.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025

In the summer of 1876 in Montana while George Armstrong Custer and his troops were being cut down at Little Big Horn, Cope was out hunting for bones nearby.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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