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Greeley

American  
[gree-lee] / ˈgri li /

noun

  1. Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.

  2. a city in N Colorado.


Greeley British  
/ ˈɡriːlɪ /

noun

  1. Horace. 1811–72, US journalist and political leader: founder (1841) and editor of the New York Tribune, which championed the abolition of slavery

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The union local representing about 3,800 workers at the company’s plant in Greeley, Colo., opted out of the national deal.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Greeley, Colo., plant is one of the largest of its type in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Greeley identified competition for attention from social media and other platforms, as well as AI’s impact, as key challenges for publishing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Arthur “Pickie” Greeley, the five.year-old son of famed New York City publisher Horace Greeley, died of cholera in less than a day.

From Literature

When the plot went public, it was denounced outside Dixie — Horace Greeley’s New-York Tribune called it the “Manifesto of the Brigands”—and the idea was shelved as America slid toward civil war.

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