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genial

[jeen-yuhl, jee-nee-uhl] / ˈdʒin yəl, ˈdʒi ni əl /


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Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show “The Price Is Right.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The Quaest poll, commissioned by Banco Genial, interviewed 2,000 people between May 5 and May 8 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

From Reuters • May 11, 2022

Genial and witty, the thirty-year-old Whitehorn was married to a woman who was part white, part Cheyenne.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017

Two years later, he played the menacing criminal mastermind, "Genial" Harry Grout, in the BBC sitcom Porridge.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2016

Genial, big-hearted, strong as a giant, yet gentle as a baby, he made hosts of friends and very few enemies.

From Frank Merriwell's Cruise by Standish, Burt L.




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