luce

¹

[ loos ]

noun

1. a pike, especially when fully grown.

Luce

²

[ loos ]

noun

1. Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.
2. Henry Robinson, 1898–1967, U.S. publisher and editor (husband of Clare Boothe Luce).

luce

/ luːs /

noun

1. another name for pike 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of luce¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French lus pike < Late Latin lūcius

Word History and Origins

Origin of luce¹

C14: from Old French lus, from Late Latin lūcius pike

Example Sentences

Fortunately, Financial Times writer and American editor Edward Luce has come close to doing just that in his Oct.

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Luce sees Schwarzman as an American Croesus, horrifically influential in politics as in finance, like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and other billionaires.

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Léa Luce and I found our chemistry early on.

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"Employers could easily approach a few dissatisfied employees and promise some benefits in return for starting a decertification process," said Luce.

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"This change would be asking corporations to voluntarily accept a different mandate or balancing a mandate of maximizing profit with cooperating with workers," said Stephanie Luce, the Chair of the Department of Labor Studies at the City University of New York.

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