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specie

[spee-shee, -see] / ˈspi ʃi, -si /






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Jiaoying Summers is a single mom and a comedian, and somehow she killed it in her first stand-up hour, “What Specie Are You?” on Hulu.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Specie crocus also multiply by seeding about if seed heads are left to mature.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

To cool speculation and promote a metallic currency, Jackson issued an executive order, the Specie Circular, in 1836 that required gold or silver for the purchase of public lands.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

In 1836, he issued a Specie Circular, requiring payment in coins by purchasers of public lands, sharply curtailing inflation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2015

Ardent hatred prevailed toward the "pet" banks, extending to the party whose darlings they were, while the Specie Circular was held to have ruined most of the others.

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin




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