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ami

American  
[a-mee, a-mee, ah-mee] / aˈmi, æˈmi, ɑˈmi /

noun

French.
amis plural
  1. a friend, especially a male friend.

  2. a boyfriend or male lover.


ami British  
/ ami /

noun

  1. a male friend

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That startup—Advanced Machine Intelligence, or AMI Labs—now operates out of headquarters in Paris and offices in New York, Montreal and Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Nabla, which is building an agentic AI assistant to help clinicians generate notes and streamline workflows, will gain early access to AMI Labs’ research, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

These absences allow "other, more independent brands - smaller but well-established -- to gain greater visibility on the calendar", Feillard pointed out, citing French labels Lemaire and AMI as well as US designer Rick Owens.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Early work is supported by funding from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, along with in kind support from AMI and ISME.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

At first he was uncertain whether it WAS a track at all, and in fact, he said to Pierre, 'QU'EST QUE C'EST DONC, MON AMI?

From Reprinted Pieces by Dickens, Charles

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