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Messier

American  
[mes-ee-ay, me-syay] / ˈmɛs iˌeɪ, mɛˈsjeɪ /

noun

  1. Charles 1730–1817, French astronomer.


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“In my head, I know I need to stop,” Messier said in a September interview before parting with the company, “but it’s my kid, what am I supposed to do?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Messier declined to sign, but kept using the company’s services for weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

One reason the shares of so-called smid-cap energy stocks that insiders are buying look cheap is that they have failed to keep up with oil prices, Messier told me in a recent interview.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mark Messier, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Physics department within the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, has held leadership roles in the project since 2006.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

“Hmmm, probably in the Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31. It has two trillion planets! Even so, you shouldn’t interrupt a cuento, Zeta-4,” he says.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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