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38

Also thir·ty-eight

[thur-tee-eyt]

noun

plural

38s, 38's 
  1. a pistol or revolver using a cartridge approximately .38 inch in diameter.

  2. the cartridge itself.



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"We cannot find them. We are going to different hospitals to ask if they have good news," said Wong, 38.

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A weirdo dog lets you “show your individuality,” said Terence Nelson, 38, an influencer marketing strategist in New York whose fuzzy Brussels griffon, Sue, is a dead ringer for an Ewok.

"It's truly touching," said Stone Ngai, 38, one of the organisers of an impromptu aid station.

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The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has approved 38 novel drugs so far this year, despite the chaos that has beset the agency.

Carolina Medrano, 38, a store employee who on Monday evening rearranged twinkling gold chains, said that even with the discount, business had still been “super slow.”

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