Africa.
African.
Air Force.
Anglo-French.
audio frequency.
Anglo-French
automatic focus
audio frequency
(in Canada) Air Force
First recorded in 2005–10
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From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
The opera’s composer, Paula af Malmborg Ward, and librettist Kerstin Perski created a previous opera about swindlers and wanted to further explore why people believe serial liars, they told the Swedish press.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
In the middle of the exhibition “Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life,” currently showing at Tate Modern, in London, sits a pair of maquettes that encapsulate the artists’ differences.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
After youth spells at Boldklubben af 1893 and Brondby, Hojlund began his senior career at Copenhagen, making his debut aged 17 in 2020.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
Arf, af, oof, eef, rrmm— The arf mg il beasto has rolled over onto his back and is letting Jake rub his pancia—pancho—what you call it?—stomaco?
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
In addition to getting swole AF, those who scarf down a bowl of this cereal can enjoy a boost in energy, better recovery, stronger bone health and enhanced cognitive function.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
Children's authors were also celebrated, with Skandar series creator AF Steadman taking home author of the year, and Dog Man writer and illustrator Dav Pilkey winning best illustrator.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
European airline group Air France-KLM AF -2.28%decrease; red down pointing triangle lowered its capacity forecasts for this year as it expects further increases in jet fuel costs driven by the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Air France-KLM AF -8.46%decrease; red down pointing triangle , British Airways owner IAG and Lufthansa all typically run at least one flight a day to Dubai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Footnote 16-16: AF Ltr 35-3, 11 May 49.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
Chick Evans and young Roland Mackenzie played fiercely at each other's heels until in the late shadows of a nerve-straining af- ternoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
She went back to Hongkong, confronted Townsend, told him, one af- ternoon, what an ass she thought he was.
From Time Magazine Archive
NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
It appears as a-, ab-, ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, as in achieve, abbreviate, accede, admire, affix, aggregate, allot, annex, approve, arrive, assign, attract.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
There are probably few stations that would have at all af- fectedthem.
From Active Service by Crane, Stephen
Two neighborhood giants have pushed back against the project: A.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
“So much of the evidence is so obviously unreliable that he plainly did not receive a fair trial,” said David A.F.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2016
She is also a firefighter at Girard’s A.F.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016
Posthumous honorees enshrined included: bantamweight Memphis Pal Moore, light heavyweight champion Jack Root, and middleweight Dave Shade in the old-timer category; British heavyweight John Gully in the pioneer category; promoter A.F.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2011
“Then the Nine Years’ War began in A.F.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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