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piquant

[pee-kuhnt, -kahnt, pee-kahnt] / ˈpi kənt, -kɑnt, piˈkɑnt /


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Mr. Piquant has been charged by a grand jury with 10 counts spanning passport fraud, voting by an alien and false claims of citizenship to register to vote.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2021

Computer-driven hedge funds such as Piquant Technologies are set up to automatically seek out and bet against wobbly currencies based on market data.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2016

My avatar alter ego, Jen-Luc Piquant, might be more like me than I realize.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2014

Jen-Luc Piquant thinks she’ll take a pass on participating in this decidedly quirky skill.

From Scientific American • Jan. 25, 2012

Piquant as is this anecdote, the key to it is equally so.

From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by Davenport, John




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