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• de Man
  de Man

  noun

  Paul, 1919–83, U.S. literary critic and theorist, born in Belgium.
• de-man
  de-man

  verb

  to reduce the workforce of (a plant, industry, etc)

de Man

American  

[duh man, mahn] / də ˈmæn, ˈmɑn /

noun

1. Paul, 1919–83, U.S. literary critic and theorist, born in Belgium.

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de-man British  

verb

1. to reduce the workforce of (a plant, industry, etc)

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de Man

Mr. Karatani has been a visiting professor at Columbia University and Yale University, where he was a contemporary of the eminent critics and theorists Paul de Man and Fredric Jameson.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

One of the motherships was a Taiwanese trawler called the Shun de Man 66, according to the Taiwanese law enforcement document reviewed by Reuters.

From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2019

Foucault and Derrida make appearances, as do de Man and John Searle.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018

In 1988, he came to wide notice with a long article in The New Republic about his colleague Paul de Man.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2016

Hit rattle loud en hit rattle nice, but de Man, he aint feel so good.

From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris

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