Peirce

[purs, peers]

noun

1. Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.

2. Charles Sanders 1839–1914, U.S. philosopher, mathematician, and physicist.

3. a male given name.

Peirce

/ pɪəs /

noun

1. Charles Sanders. 1839–1914, US logician, philosopher, and mathematician; pioneer of pragmatism

Example Sentences

SEC commissioners Peirce and Mark Uyeda opposed the budget, saying it was too large despite being a smaller increase from the previous year.

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Hester Peirce, one of the two Republicans on the SEC, carried their ball into its meeting room.

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Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce, a critic of the SEC's regulatory agenda, said agency staff who drafted the proposal had not shown it was necessary.

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"This 'modernization' effort might better be characterized as an insulation effort -- insulating corporate managers from scrutiny," Peirce said in a statement.

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A temporary evacuation center has been set up at Olive Peirce Middle School, at 1521 Hanson Lane in Ramona, which lies in an area that falls under the evacuation warning.

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