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[pan] / pæn /


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The new birth-death model may have helped to better align the two data sets, said Dan Pan, an economist at Standard Chartered.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"If we can do that, maybe someday we could do quantum computing in a cell phone," Pan says with a smile.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

My bargaining with the moral universe is that I still listen to “Off the Wall,” weakly reasoning that it came out before Jackson launched his Peter Pan act.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

“They’re not to share a bed with someone else. ... They shouldn’t attend social events, and they should not visit any crowded venues,” Pan said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Immediately, the breeze took them straight out, as though Peter Pan had donned them to fly across our yard toward never-never land across the Bay.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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