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Jenney

American  
[jen-ee] / ˈdʒɛn i /

noun

  1. William Le Baron 1832–1907, U.S. engineer and architect: pioneer in skyscraper construction.


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Friends Stephen Gamage and Joe Jenney have both travelled hundreds of miles from Leicester and Hull, respectively, to audition.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

Now there’s an entire special on Gadsby’s new marriage to longtime producer and “Something Special” director Jenney Shamash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

Sandra Jenney, another former house staff member for Francis, faces a lawsuit brought by the landlord of Francis’s last home.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022

She also breached the wall separating abstraction and representation, as did painters like Neil Jenney, Lois Lane, Susan Rothenberg and Joe Zucker.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

None was from Chicago, even though the city took great pride in its architectural pioneers, in Sullivan, Adler, Jenney, Beman, Cobb, and the others.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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