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From Japanese, dating back to 1945–50, of uncertain origin
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I am 60 years old, and ama server.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
He added in the comments: "WOULDVE been the ama performance but they cancelled me for reasons unknown."
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
Nepia, a caretaker at a Māori immersion school, is among a group of expert waka ama paddlers who have been training for the World Sprint Champs in Britain.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
The expression "chi morta ancor m' ama" is sufficient to refute this singular supposition.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
Analogous to this we have in the Kafir ama marking the plural, as amakosah the plural of kosah, amahashe the plural of ihashe, insana the plural of usana.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington
Getting A.I. oversight right in medicine, a task that involves several agencies, is critical, said Dr. Ehrenfeld, the A.M.A. president.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Last month, the A.M.A. released the results of a survey of 1,000 people about the Cures Act’s provision on test results.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Between its restrictions on medical education and its exclusionary membership, the A.M.A. played a role in cultivating the profession’s homogeneity, which it acknowledged in its 2008 statement.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
The A.M.A. once represented three-fourths of all American doctors; the growth of subspecialty societies may have contributed to its diminishment.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019
In addition, the following abbreviations have been used: A.M.A.
From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Bigelow, Maurice Alpheus
“It’s really a concern about a slippery slope. Do we start here with prescriptions, then all of a sudden, is it going to lead to diagnostic tests?” said John Whyte, chief executive of the AMA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"We've had such an overwhelming response to this album," J-Hope, 32, said as they accepted the AMA.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
As Cappa put it on a Reddit AMA, “The idea of a family of men who love and respect one another just seemed fun to write.”
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025
Matt Ashton:, external Founder of the AMA Sports Photo Agency, he covered eight World Cups as well as 25 Champions League finals.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Gradually, perhaps under the influence of a Middle English AMA, the worm was given sole rights to the word, and the doctor became the doctor, out of dek, meaning to accept, later to teach.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Paradigm, pre-Kuhn, referred merely to an example that serves an educational purpose; amo, amas, amat, for instance, is a paradigm for teaching conjugations in Latin.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2012
Layoff, to a govt. worker 43. __, amas, amat 44.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Amo, amas, you know, and runnin’ about like hooligans: what would you advise?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“Grace and I are just friends, Kojo. And ‘amo, amas, amat’ is Latin, not Spanish, although Spanish is considered one of the romance languages.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Example.—Ju pli mi lin konas, des pli mi lin amas = The more I know him, the more I love him.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
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