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Neri

American  
[nair-ee, ne-ree] / ˈnɛər i, ˈnɛ ri /

noun

  1. Saint Philip Filippo Neri, 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.


Neri British  
/ ˈnɪərɪ /

noun

  1. Saint Philip. Italian name Filippo de' Neri. 1515–95, Italian priest; founder of the Congregation of the Oratory (1564). Feast day: May 26

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Los Angeles art world luminaries such as Raymond Pettibon, Ruby Neri and Adam Silverman are displayed alongside lesser-known artists beloved by Herman, 78, and his wife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

At HPE, orders more than doubled, and CEO Antonio Neri attributed the increase to “accelerated customer investments in agentic AI and AI inferencing,” alongside private cloud adoption for AI.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

But AI has not changed Neri “as an individual, as a leader or as a person,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Some of the perks were surprisingly small, such as $492 to cover “backup home generator maintenance” for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s CEO, Antonio Neri, whose total compensation was $23.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Outside the church of St. Philip Neri in Cadiz is a tablet proudly commemorating the abolition of the Inquisition within its walls in 1812.

From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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