Cartier
Americannoun
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Sir George Étienne 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
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Jacques 1491–1557, French navigator and explorer of Canada: discovered the St. Lawrence River.
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A search of the property also found £3805 stacked in elastic bands, a Cartier watch and designer clothes.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Boyce told the court Abbott usually wore a Cartier bracelet and gold diamond encrusted Rolex watch of "real sentimental value".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Close to 80% of Laopu’s customers overlapped with five global luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Cartier, the company said publicly, suggesting a direct transfer of luxury shoppers to domestic alternatives.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Richemont, which owns Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, said sales started to grow again in China in the third quarter of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
‘The simple sailors of today,’ wrote Jacques Cartier in 1545, ‘have learned the opposite of the opinion of the philosophers by true experience.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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