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.
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Example Sentences
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SEC commissioners Peirce and Mark Uyeda opposed the budget, saying it was too large despite being a smaller increase from the previous year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
Hester Peirce, one of the two Republicans on the SEC, carried their ball into its meeting room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
The veterinarian, Dana Peirce, was present at the bill signing, standing behind the lectern alongside medical providers in white jackets, several lawmakers and the executive director of the Maine Council of Churches.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The process is this: Peirce, as we will remember, begins his discussion of the real by defining it as “that whose characters are independent of what anybody may think them to be.”
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring
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