Peirce
Americannoun
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Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
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Charles Sanders 1839–1914, U.S. philosopher, mathematician, and physicist.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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Early last year, Selig was recruited by officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission including Hester Peirce, a Republican commissioner dubbed “Crypto Mom,” to serve as counsel for the agency’s new crypto task force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Candidates under consideration have included Daniel Gallagher, a former SEC official now at Robinhood, and current Republican SEC commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda, according to the Washington Post.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024
A temporary evacuation center has been set up at Olive Peirce Middle School, at 1521 Hanson Lane in Ramona, which lies in an area that falls under the evacuation warning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
“I do want to recognize that another mother might not make the choice that I did, but I would never seek to take that decision away from her,” Peirce said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
In inserting these theories of reality and of belief in this discussion of a method for clear apprehension, Peirce is passing beyond a doctrine of clearness and involving himself in a doctrine of truth.
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Delton Loring Geyer
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