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Bayle

American

[beyl] / beɪl /

noun

Pierre 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic.

Bayle British

/ bɛl /

noun

Pierre (pjɛr). 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic, noted for his Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), which profoundly influenced Voltaire and the French Encyclopedists

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Abdirahman Bayle, an advisor to Somaliland's leader, told the BBC that Eric Trump had ''expressed interest in Somaliland and the opportunities it offers''.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Mr. Bayle was among the hundreds of farmers who rolled through the streets of Toulouse earlier this month in their tractors, joining a union-organized protest with a grab bag of demands for the government.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

While his friends were shocked, Mr. Bayle was not.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

If there is no change to how firms currently operate, Bayle de Jessé said about 1% of that amount originating from funds, including U.S. firms, could be impacted by the shift to T+1.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

The men that live in French literature are the contemporary prose-writers, Bossuet, La Bruyère; but turn to England, compare the influence of those men with that of Bayle or Jurieu, or even Drelincourt.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles

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