Lerner

American

[lur-ner] / ˈlɜr nər /

noun

Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.

Lerner British

/ ˈlɜːnə /

noun

Alan Jay. 1914–86, US songwriter and librettist. With Frederick Loewe he wrote My Fair Lady (1956) and Camelot (1960) as well as a number of film scripts, including Gigi (1958)

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Remember this likely isn’t your only shot to get hired at a frontier lab or highflying tech company, says Aline Lerner, CEO of Interviewing.io, a tech-recruiting marketplace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Reach out via phone or Signal to Anna Maria Barry-Jester at 408-504-8131 or Sharon Lerner at 718-877-5236.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

The Landover data center site was proposed by Lerner Enterprises, a D.C.-based real estate firm that’s operated by the family that owns the Washington Nationals and has rights to that fallow lot.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Oil prices are leading interest rates up,” said Keith Lerner, chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

After him come Lerner, Mises, Reifmann, and a number of others.

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz

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