Peterson

American

[pee-ter-suhn] / ˈpi tər sən /

noun

Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
Roger Tory, 1908–1996, U.S. ornithologist, author, and artist.

Peterson British

/ ˈpiːtəsən /

noun

Oscar ( Emmanuel ). 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist and singer, who led his own trio from the early 1950s

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Posen is the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Orszag is the CEO of the financial firm Lazard.

From MarketWatch

She also described how her son had a book entitled 12 Rules for Life by the author Jordan Peterson and "he hasn't taken it out of his hands".

From BBC

A similar case was brought against Scot Peterson, a former Broward County sheriff’s deputy acquitted in 2023 of felony child neglect in connection with his response to a school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s the view of economists Peter Orzsag, chief executive of the investment firm Lazard; and Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

From Los Angeles Times

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