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• Pei
  Pei

  noun

  I(eoh) M(ing) 1917–2019, U.S. architect, born in China.
• P.E.I.
  P.E.I.

  abbreviation

  Prince Edward Island.
• PEI
  PEI

  abbreviation

  Prince Edward Island

Pei

¹ American  

[pey] / peɪ /

noun

1. I(eoh) M(ing) 1917–2019, U.S. architect, born in China.

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P.E.I. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Prince Edward Island.

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Pei ¹ British  

/ peɪ /

noun

1. I ( eoh ) M ( ing ). born 1917, US architect, born in China. His buildings include the E wing of the National Museum of Art, Washington DC (1978), a glass and steel pyramid at the Louvre, Paris (1989), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, USA (1995)

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PEI ² British  

abbreviation

1. Prince Edward Island

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Tan Pei, who works in advertising and booked the robot to clean her Beijing flat, said she had chosen the service because she was interested to "see what it could do".

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

In total, Ajinomoto is recalling nearly 37 million pounds of food sold under the Kroger, Ling Ling, Tai Pei and Trader Joe’s labels, as well as under its house Ajinomoto brand, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

For more than ten years, Jeffrey Shaman and colleagues, including Sen Pei, have worked to improve methods for tracking and simulating the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza and COVID-19.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026

While Mr. Adjaye quotes freely from the work of Pei and Kahn, one has the unhappy sense that something essential is missing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

MGF Oil Corporation also announced that it was entering into a venture to build a forty- story-plus world-class luxury hotel to be designed by I. M. Pei.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

While bones are a relatively rare find on the island, remnants of wrecks show up regularly, Professor MacDonald, who used to work for the P.E.I.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

“The devastation looks to be beyond anything we have witnessed,” said P.E.I.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022

Mussels from Canada’s Prince Edward Island, sometimes labeled P.E.I., are excellent, as are Penn Cove mussels grown off Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound off the coast of Washington state.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2020

Will the P.E.I. breakthrough provide a boost to local Green candidate Paul Manly?

From Salon ● May 1, 2019

In September, 1883, the Annual Meeting of this Provincial Union was again held in Fredericton, at which, invited delegates from N.S. and P.E.I. were present.

From Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada by Addie Chisholm

PEI, the smallest province, produced one-fifth of Canada's potatoes last year, according to Statistics Canada, much of which it exports to the United States.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022

“Having PEI out of the market harms everyone.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022

PEI, the smallest Canadian province, is the third-largest potato-producing province after Manitoba and Alberta, growing about 20% of the national harvest in 2020, according to Statistics Canada.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2021

But the electoral strategy of the party in PEI might also portend a shift in thinking about how to court a wary electorate.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2019

Lownes is also changing PEI in other ways.

From Time Magazine Archive