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Niemeyer

American  
[nee-mahy-er] / ˈni maɪ ər /

noun

  1. Oscar, 1907–2012, Brazilian architect.


Niemeyer British  
/ ˈniːˌmaɪə /

noun

  1. Oscar. 1907–2012, Brazilian architect. His work includes many buildings in Brasília, esp the president's palace (1959) and the cathedral (1964)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Over the years I’ve grown accustomed to comments about how “wild” the spaceship-like buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer must have looked, how “alienating” the car-centric city must have been.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

"HETDEX observes everything in a patch of sky, but only a tiny amount of that data is related to the galaxies that are bright enough for the project to use," added Lujan Niemeyer.

From Science Daily Mar. 8, 2026

“The Permian Basin in particular, it’s no longer an experiment,” said Bruce Niemeyer, president of shale and tight at Chevron.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

Niemeyer also questioned whether the federal court had the power to reverse the state court rulings, emphasizing the legitimacy of the order the North Carolina Supreme Court made last week.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2025

And later, I believe, Niemeyer said he is even a man of convictions.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various

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