Peterson

[pee-ter-suhn]

noun

1. Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.

2. Roger Tory, 1908–1996, U.S. ornithologist, author, and artist.

Peterson

/ ˈpiːtəsən /

noun

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

Example Sentences

When Brenda Bartella Peterson was in her late 30s leading a women’s club in Lexington, Ky., she and her peers were questioning their options: “The ’80s were just driven, work, work, work,” she says.

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Peterson saw that tension firsthand, initially in wanting to work, and then in feeling the downsides of that decision.

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Peterson, now 77, is a retired minister and finds work “integrated into who I am.”

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Whether the recent run of layoff announcements augurs a downturn in the job market isn’t clear, said Jed Kolko, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

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At a public hearing regarding the adjacent Blue Note Jazz Club in June, Peterson reportedly indicated that while there were not yet any definitive plans, the property owners had reached out to her to discuss the Cinerama Dome next.

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