amrita
Americannoun
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the beverage of immortality.
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the immortality conferred by this beverage.
noun
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the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality
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the immortality it confers
Etymology
Origin of amrita
1800–10; < Sanskrit, equivalent to a- not ( a- 6 ) + mṛta dead ( mṛ die + -ta verbid suffix); akin to Greek ámbrotos immortal
Example Sentences
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“You’ve seen Asia absolutely fighting for every barrel there is in the world,” said Amrita Sen, founder of consulting firm Energy Aspects.
Block Chief Financial Officer Amrita Ahuja warned that deep job cuts are unavoidable for companies amid greater artificial intelligence adoption.
“It feels like the acceleration is actually only quickening and we are seeing, really, an inevitability at this point around productivity gains and what that means for us as a business,” Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Amrita Ahuja said Tuesday at the WSJ CFO Council Summit here.
"The strain it's put on us as a family has killed us," his mother Amrita Chopra said.
From BBC
Six months after joining anti-corruption protests that rocked Nepal, 23-year-old Amrita Ban will vote in Thursday's election, hoping the new government will realise the movement's demands.
From Barron's
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