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Jeff

[ jef ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Jeffrey.


jeff

/ dʒɛf /

verb

  1. to downsize or close down (an organization)
  2. to reduce (staff numbers) or dismiss (an employee)
  3. to spoil or destroy ruthlessly
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jeff1

C20: named after Jeff Kennett, former premier of the state of Victoria, Australia
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Example Sentences

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Ivanka Trump was among those congratulating Kardashian on her accomplishment, as was Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos’ bride-to-be.

For example, last year Keith Ellison, the attorney general of Minnesota, hired Jeff Hancock, a communications professor at Stanford, to provide an expert opinion on the danger of AI-faked material in politics.

Jeff Lenberg, a computer technologist implicated in the breaches in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, made a video demonstrating how to compromise vote totals with software allegedly obtained in the breaches.

From Slate

“We take all legal matters seriously,” said Jeff Monford, a spokesman for Edison.

When the submarine plunged to about 10,000 meters below sea level, somewhere off the coast of Hawaii, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters.

From Salon

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