Lurie

British  

/ ˈlʊərɪ /

noun

1. Alison. born 1926, US novelist. Her novels include Imaginary Friends (1967), The War Between the Tates (1974), Foreign Affairs (1985), and The Last Resort (1998)

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Example Sentences

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is soliciting private donations from wealthy residents and companies to address a projected budget shortfall of over $900 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since his election, and facing a projected budget shortfall of more than $900 million, Lurie has solicited more than $40 million in private donations and helped build a philanthropic outpost of city government, rousing skeptics who question the mingling of city business with an elite class of locals.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the first six-figure payments Lurie requested for his transition committee arrived two days into his term from John Fisher, a Gap-fortune heir whose parents built a retail empire selling the denim jeans that Lurie’s relatives produced.

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When Lurie announced plans to accelerate the city’s homelessness response with transitional housing and treatment beds, he name-checked the Schwabs.

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This year, Lurie hired an executive from Meta Platforms chief Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic arm to coordinate the city’s private-sector relationships; her salary is being paid by Tipping Point, the foundation Lurie used to run.

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