a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods.
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"No doubt a State possesses legitimate power to protect children from harm, but that does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed," Pitman wrote.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
In Pitman, N.J., 32-year-old Catherine Marshall has always known she wanted to be financially independent before potentially choosing to share her life—and her money—with someone else.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
Now she has finished her A-levels, Megan Pitman hopes to study in Aberystwyth.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
District Judge Robert Pitman ordered 17 books returned to Kingsland library shelves while a citizen lawsuit against book banning proceeded.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
About 1837 Isaac Pitman, an Englishman, put stenography upon a phonetic basis and therefore a scientific basis.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
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