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Peerce

American  
[peers] / pɪərs /

noun

  1. Jan Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.


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But Ms. Peerce said there were “hundreds, if not thousands more that meet the criteria.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2016

I knew he liked Jan Peerce, who was a tenor.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2015

“We had decades of harsh sentencing,” said Marjorie J. Peerce, a partner at Ballard Spahr in New York, whose lawyers have been screening clemency applications.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2015

Murray is “extremely distressed that he has been charged,” his lawyer, Marjorie Peerce, said in an interview.

From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 15, 2011

Peerce has made dozens of other recordings, including many complete operas.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard

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