lav
noun
lav
1 American
[lav]
/ læv /
noun
Informal.
LAV
2
American
abbreviation
lav
British
/ læv /
noun
Etymology
Origin of lav1
By shortening
Origin of LAV2
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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There are some films I hadn't seen before making "The Story of Film: A New Generation," Lav Diaz's film, and some of the Asian stuff that doesn't come so easily to my local cinema.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2022
Health official Lav Agarwal said all contacts of the two men had been traced and tested for the virus.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021
Widespread testing would engender “unnecessary panic,” Lav Agarwal, a senior official in India’s Health Ministry, told reporters Tuesday.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2020
Lav Diaz, a writer-director who divides his time between his native Philippines and Queens, N.Y., is a prolific filmmaker as well as a master of what is sometimes called slow cinema.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018
Reports of cases at Lav and in chancery, argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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