Minuit
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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And 57,000 people who just wanted to fish and mind their own business are waking up to discover they’re sitting on the most valuable real estate since Peter Minuit came upon Manhattan.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
I spot a shelf full of what look like freshly printed copies of Beckett plays and novels from his longtime French publisher, Les Éditions de Minuit.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
One version of this legend maintains Minuit made the purchase from the Canarsie, but they resided in Queens, the western-most end of Long Island.
From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2018
Still think that the people who didn't buy this trove will feel a little bit like Peter Minuit if he hadn't shelled out those $24 for Mannahatta.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2012
"Why, old Peter Minuit himself, in the very act of reaching for the proceeds," Smith explained.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
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