Eugene
noun
a city in W Oregon.
Eugene
1 American
[yoo-jeen, yoo-jeen]
/ juˈdʒin, ˈju dʒin /
noun
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a city in W Oregon.
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a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”
Eugène
2
American
[œ -zhen]
/ œˈʒɛn /
noun
Eugène
British
/ øʒɛn /
noun
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“It’s a real challenge to try and tease out one thing out of the array of factors that undermine women’s health in these states,” said Eugene Declercq, a public health researcher at Boston University.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Cheers to the Eugene, Ore., airport for offering a free short story dispenser in conjunction with the Eugene Public Library.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Now we give away 3.4 million books a month to kids" up to age five, Dollywood Foundation's treasurer Eugene Naughton told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sinn Féin Mid Ulster councillor Eugene McConnell said it was a very distressing scene and he had "never seen anything ilke it"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
All the Eugene siblings cheered, setting off a tidal wave.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Eugène Ionesco’s play, currently running at American Repertory Theater, has the two actors sparring over ideas of alienation and belonging amid the outbreak of a metamorphic disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Eugène Ionesco’s “Exit the King,” now in revival at A Noise Within under the direction of Michael Michetti, revolves around a centuries-old king whose health is in as dire a state as his kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Its replacement, which burned down five years ago, was put up decades later as part of a neo-Gothic reconstruction conducted by architect Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
In the living area, which sits on a platform above the kitchen and dining room, hangs a still life of fish and sea urchins by the Provençal painter Eugène Baboulène.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Eugène Resal, Laurette Messimy, etc., may be cut back to a few eyes from the ground.
From Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
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