Jeffries

[ jef-reez ]

noun

1. James J., 1875–1953, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1899–1905.

Example Sentences

Global lenders like Jeffries and Barclays are already said to be reviewing their ties with Adani even as the group's reliance on global banks and international and local bond issues for long-term debt has grown from barely 14% in financial year 2016 to nearly 60% as of date, according to a note from Bernstein.

From BBC

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., invoked Hunter Biden’s pardon this week in calling for the case-by-case pardon of “working-class Americans in the federal prison system whose lives have been ruined by unjustly aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses.”

From Salon

The Democratic leadership has publicly maintained neutrality on the committee fights, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., telling reporters that "the challengers speak for themselves."

From Salon

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is urging him to go much further.

From Salon

“During his final weeks in office, President Biden should exercise the high level of compassion he has consistently demonstrated throughout his life, including toward his son, and pardon on a case-by-case basis the working-class Americans in the federal prison system whose lives have been ruined by unjustly aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses,” Jeffries said in a statement on Tuesday.

From Salon