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Pincus

British  
/ ˈpɪŋkəs /

noun

  1. Gregory Goodwin. 1903–67, US physiologist, whose work on steroid hormones led to the development of the first contraceptive pill

"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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According to Cohen and Pincus, the research is less about proving climate change exists and more about improving scientific understanding of how the atmosphere works.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

"This is really telling us what is essential," says Pincus.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Alex Stratoudakis, managing director of Warburg Pincus, said they are investing in “the vision of creating an open, modular, front-to-back platform for institutional investment management.”

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

To make it work, Pincus had to convince skeptical punk rockers who have been burned by bad deals or lost control over their recordings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Henry Schacht, a veteran industrialist now with Warburg Pincus, was brought in by Lucent, the successor of Western Electric, to help manage it through this crazy period.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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