Swiss
Americanadjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Swiss
1505–15; < Middle French suisse < Middle High German Swīz
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He was a director of a now-liquidated Swiss luxury-goods company and president of a firm that signed a real-estate development deal in Dubai in 2014 that never came to fruition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He was initially sentenced by a Geneva court in 2014 to life in prison, but in 2017, the Swiss supreme court ordered a retrial over what it deemed was the use of faulty evidence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Swiss transport and logistics company said Thursday that it now sees full-year recurring earnings before interest and taxes at between 1.5 billion and 1.6 billion Swiss francs, equivalent to $1.82 billion-$1.94 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The British number two defeated her Swiss opponent 6-2 6-1 in Osaka and will face either Croatia's Antonia Ruzic or American Kayla Day in the next round.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
At the back of the drawer was a super Swiss pocketknife with a tin opener and screwdriver attachment, and this notebook—a school exercise jotter dated fifteen years ago.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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