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Schacht

American  
[shahkht] / ʃɑxt /

noun

  1. (Horace Greeley) Hjalmar 1877–1970, German financier: acting minister of national economy 1934–37.


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"Mr Macías and I will appear tomorrow before the Brooklyn federal court ... where he will plead not guilty," his lawyer, Alexei Schacht, told Reuters.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

With a big toy movie, there would usually be heaps of new toys tied to it, said Laurie Schacht, the chief toy officer of publication the Toy Insider.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2023

Schacht, a government-innovation consultant, also considers herself a “citizen food-safety advocate” who worked to get restaurant inspection ratings posted in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2022

I’m drawing on the example of Hjalmar Schacht, who was Hitler’s economic minister and head of the Bundesbank during significant parts of Hitler’s reign.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2017

Henry Schacht, a veteran industrialist now with Warburg Pincus, was brought in by Lucent, the successor of Western Electric, to help manage it through this crazy period.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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