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Etymology
Origin of -es
From the Greek suffix -es
Example Sentences
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About 60% of the U.S. population report a preference for introversion, according to Myers-Briggs Co., the company known for a personality-assessment test that begins by separating the Is from the Es.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
His latest project, “Mi Suerte Es Ser Mexicano,” is nominated for ranchero/mariachi album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
"The idea is to allow people to instantly seek help to navigate relationships because not everyone can talk to friends or family for fear of judgment," says New York-based founder Es Lee.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
On the back the slogan “Los Angeles Is For Everyone /Los Angeles Es Para Todos” was repeated six times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
“That your abuelos were crazy magicians? That they thought they could communicate with the dead? Es una locura, Sierra, family eccentricities. It has nothing to do with you.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
Castles, castells, casteles, castels, castells, -es, -is, -ys, castylles, sb. pl. castles 3.65, 5.9, 6.9, 7.9, 8.11, 9.9, &c., &c.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
There is even a trace of the plural in -es, as in haues, 2581.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Those which have the suffix -es prefixed throw the stress back, as 'honest', 'modest'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
An old method of forming the possessive, based on a misapprehension of the original Anglo-Saxon suffix -es, which was shortened in middle English to -is, and finally to s.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
Most of the farms were replaced by housing developments two decades after a large swath of land was sold in 1920 to E.S.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2021
Erdnase, an author about whom nothing is known except that his name is E.S.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2018
The Dallas Morning News reports that while the case of the traveling plaque remains a mystery, the sign — which identifies the John Fenet Auditorium at the formerly segregated E.S.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2017
The company, which completed its purchase of E.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2015
I scanned the flashlight lower: Here lies E.S.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Finally, he pulled forward across four vacant parking spaces with his 2007 Lexus ES 390 before turning 90 degrees and reversing into a spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Trump Media then received an "unexpected" second $6 million payment from the ES Family Trust, according to receipts reviewed by The Guardian.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
The ATM business of Leonardo U.S. unit Selex ES "is a leading developer and manufacturer of en-route navigation, surveillance and precision approach and landing systems," Leonardo said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022
Achieving the same feat with human ES cells might avoid some of the controversies of research on human embryos.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2022
ES: “I know, I’m so upset. That’s why I need to hurry, so I can get a pass.”
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
In recent years, the company acquired terminals in Haifa, Israel; Tanzania’s Port of Dar es Salaam; Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo; and a coal-export hub in North Queensland, Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Kimambi already faces charges of economic sabotage, which came up in court in Dar es Salaam on Thursday.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Simba have struggled at the national stadium in Dar es Salaam, drawing both qualifiers there, and the Group D loss is an early setback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
“A swee lass, but shae es turible shy. Yeh woon’t be heeren mekel out o’ her, Oi’m afeerd.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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