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Perelman

American  
[per-uhl-muhn, purl-] / ˈpɛr əl mən, ˈpɜrl- /

noun

  1. S(idney) J(oseph), 1904–79, U.S. author.


Perelman British  
/ ˈpɛrəlmən, ˈpɜːl- /

noun

  1. S ( idney ) J ( oseph ). 1904–79, US humorous writer. After scriptwriting for the Marx Brothers, he published many collections of articles, including Crazy Like a Fox (1944) and Eastward, Hi! (1977)

"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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Ford made his name investing in distressed or undervalued banks, often alongside famed corporate raider Ronald Perelman, and then flipping them for a big profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The work, published in Nature, was conducted by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing, along with collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University.

From Science Daily Mar. 28, 2026

“It’s been decades since we’ve had a new treatment,” said George Cotsarelis, chair of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

From MarketWatch Feb. 25, 2026

“The Seasons,” an ambitious project performed last weekend by Opera Philadelphia in the Perelman Theater, shakes up Vivaldi’s famous orchestral score “The Four Seasons” to sound a warning about climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

Shari Jager-Hyman, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Lisa Morgan of the Autism and Suicide Prevention Workgroup are creating an autism-friendly version.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

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