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Persson

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[pair-suhn, per-sawn] / ˈpɛər sən, ˈpɛr sɔn /

noun

  1. Göran born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.


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Rossin-Slater and Persson, now tenured professors at Stanford, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In Napa, Hess Persson Estates displays works by several blue-chip artists in its gallery.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

About the author: Martin E. Persson is an assistant professor of accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a public voices fellow through The OpEd Project.

From Barron's Oct. 13, 2025

The technique sprouted from conversations between the Persson group and experimental collaborators Masha Elkin and Connor Delaney, former postdoctoral researchers in the John Hartwig group at UC Berkeley.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

“A Frightening is certainly a good beginning,” said Portunia Persson, who was a stout woman, much older than Amabella.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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