MOR
abbreviation
MOR
1 Americanabbreviation
mor.
2
American
abbreviation
MOR
1
British
abbreviation
Mor.
2
British
abbreviation
mor
3
British
/ mɔː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mor
Danish
Example Sentences
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Heggie credits MOR and its founder and artistic director Mina Miller with giving him the opportunity to expand his perspective on how the medium of opera can tell stories.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Through its commissions, MOR has increasingly underscored the relevance of the past to present-day threats to human rights.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
This is a deathly dull MOR dirge, hastily written by Evita lyricist Tim Rice and perfunctorily performed by Coolidge for Roger Moore's sixth outing as 007.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2020
But if you only listen to one record this year by an 80s MOR star who’s now embracing “the area of modern classical music that most people really loathe”, then Absolute Zero should be it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2019
MOR: O, the sea breaks in upon me! another flood! an inundation!
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
Contracted; Contraction. contr. bon. mor., contra bonos mores=Contrary to good manners.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Stafford Gallery Collection of Pictures, 2 vols. fol., mor. elegant, 5 gs.;
From Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Abbey and A. Parsons. 4to, mor. gilt. 31s. 6d.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Mrs. Molesworth
Clark, cl. 28s per vol., half mor. 34s. per vol.
From A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana
Q. Religious tract society, cl. 24s., mor. 30s.
From A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana
Mor., iii, 2, 27, quoted in Grimm, D. M. pp. 1,012-3.
From Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent
In the supermarket, bilingual signs pointed shoppers to bwyd môr in Welsh, or seafood, rather than boos mor, and tatws melys, or sweet potato, rather than aval dor melys.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
A mini-jumbotron shows a video of the intricate yet speedy process of pak mor — a relative of Vietnamese rice-roll favorite bánh cuốn — being made, but you’ll probably want to take your own.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The Chick-fil-A cows are on to something with their “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign—but mostly, we need to eat mor chickpeas; raising chickens is still more emissions-heavy than cultivating plants.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023
In a separate court filing, Hobbs also asked the Superior Court in Maricopa County to award her mor $600,000 to compensate for attorney fees and other expenses incurred in defending against Lake's lawsuit.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2022
I mae Giraldus yn dywedyd, fod y Cymry mor ddrud a milwraidd yn ei amser ef, ag na rusynt ymladd yn noeth ac yn ddiarfog, â’r rhai arfog, llurugog; a’r pedydd yn erbyn y marchogion.
From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans
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