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Vermeer

American  
[ver-meer, vuhr-meyr] / vərˈmɪər, vərˈmeɪr /

noun

  1. Jan Jan van der Meer van Delft, 1632–75, Dutch painter.


Vermeer British  
/ vərˈmeːr, vɛəˈmɪə /

noun

  1. Jan (jɑn). full name Jan van der Meer van Delft 1632–75, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his masterly treatment of light

"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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Michael Vermeer, a physical scientist at Rand Corporation, said that we have not yet figured out how to align models to human values, yet we are “deploying them as highly capable agents.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

She has a print of a Vermeer on her wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

“There’s another side that’s disappointed with what seems like pragmatism,” Vermeer said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Iowa-based Vermeer, a 4,000-employee maker of industrial and farm machinery, opened a plant there two decades ago—and Andringa, the company’s president and CEO, frequently visited what many considered the world’s premier fast-growing, future-oriented economy.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

“More news on the Vermeer painting. We’ll all have to pray that the FBI knows what they’re doing.”

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

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