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MacIver

American  
[muhk-ahy-ver, muh-kahy-, muh-kee-] / məkˈaɪ vər, məˈkaɪ-, məˈki- /

noun

  1. Loren, 1909–1998, U.S. painter.

  2. Robert Morrison, 1882–1970, U.S. sociologist, born in Scotland.


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The MacIver Institute estimated this year that the Badger State reforms have saved taxpayers $35.6 billion, about two-thirds of which has come from lower healthcare costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

Anyone who watched Friday's clash in Serbia will have seen goalie Sandy MacIver needing to be replaced by Lee Gibson after what looked like a pretty innocuous challenge.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2024

Cuthbert then had the opportunity to clinch victory from the spot in the shootout after Sandy MacIver saved Heidi Kollanen's effort, but the Chelsea midfielder's effort was palmed away.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2024

Martinez Losa said MacIver - whose one game for Sarina Wiegman's England was a friendly against Northern Ireland in February 2021 - had shown "a great desire to play for Scotland".

From BBC Oct. 18, 2023

The other branches are still carried on by Messrs. Burns & MacIver.

From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans

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