Anglo-Norman.
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(forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from
European
(forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of
Elizabethan
(forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of
Christian
(forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in
dietitian
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See a 1.
An was formerly often used before words that begin with h and are unstressed on the first syllable: an hotel ; an historic meeting . Sometimes the initial h was not pronounced. This usage is now becoming obsolete
before 950; Middle English; Old English ān one in a weakened sense
First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English, unstressed phonetic variant of and
< Greek. See a- 6, in- 3, un- 1
Middle English < Latin -ānus, -āna, -ānum; in some words replacing -ain, -en < Old French < Latin
From the Latin word annō
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There are a couple of things that could make the non-compete “unreasonable” in the eyes of the court, says Evan Smithers, an attorney and human-resources consultant.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
District Judge Nusrat Choudhury said in her ruling that the 82-year-old demonstrated an ability to understand legal concepts and communicate effectively with his counsel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But you can ask a future employer to negotiate a buyout with your current employer, says Liyan Shi, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
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It was just the kind of close-to-the-ground intel that Niederhoffer looked for, and he sensed an opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Consider,” Father Monaghan says, “that you are going to an austere cloister, a Carmel, where Christ awaits you.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
An expert selected by prosecutors also found that Jeffries was suffering from dementia that will “almost certainty worsen over time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
An attractive force pulling the particles together is precisely counteracted by pressure produced by the fermions, keeping the droplet from collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
An On Location spokesperson said the company is also putting together hospitality packages for the LA28 Paralympic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
An academic who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism has been suspended from his post at a Belgian university.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Well, I suppose I should be upset by the intrusion. Then again, it didn’t feel much like an intrusion. I simply talked and the stranger listened. An ideal arrangement, in my books.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
AutoNation AN -6.67%decrease; down pointing triangle logged lower revenue after sales of new vehicles declined in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rajeev Kamal Kumar, an anthropologist at Patna's AN Sinha Institute of Social Sciences, who worked on a government study of prohibition, says both sides of the story are true.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
HIS DAD, AN ecologist and amateur photographer, instilled in his son the importance of pictures in engaging people in conservation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
I have no idea if the figures in SBF’s Substack post are accurate; SBF himself labels them as “JUST AN ESTIMATE.”
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
They screamed up at the bleachers: “GIMME AN E!”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
I just - I do have to say it’s an- it’s an absolutely great novel, and he was a great writer.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023
For too many parents and their children, getting into a highly selective school isn’t just another challenge, just an- other goal.
From MSNBC ● Mar. 21, 2015
Brooks arrived at the restaurant along with Valerie Jamieson, an- other physics editor from New Scientist, who introduced herself with a melodic Scottish brogue.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
From top, the band Yuck was among those that appeared on the tour; Stephen Pope of Wavves, appropriately named, an- other cruise group; Lou Barlow, leaning back, playing with Sebadoh.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2012
Bast took an- other breath—sixteen—and braced himself against the moment he feared would come.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
That was what they sang for the next few months as they wound through college campuses and through the bus route from Saket -an old protestor's chant about azaadi, freedom.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2013
Director Clurman agrees: 'Julie hasn't developed what I call genius -an out-of-bounds personality.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dumas once summed up his own significance: "I carry with me wherever I go - I don't know how it is, but it is so -an atmosphere of life and stir which has become proverbial."
From Time Magazine Archive
What the Bishops do have plenty of is "Bishopry" -an elusive but tensile esprit that makes them feel different, not to say unique.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘In the end,’ he whispered, ‘he summons -an elemental.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Unlike most other raids in China, this one required a flight across treacherous mountains, through heavy weather, and an. approach over enemy-held Indo-China territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although he is an effusive greeter, a vigorous handshaker and an. expert at the Indiana political massage,* he has a tendency toward bluntness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result was published in an. edition of 300,000 copies in England last month.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brother Percy has the sage counsel of Brother Jesse Isidor, who returned to the U. S. for an. operation last month.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides an augmentation of 20 li p an. made since the Restauration.
From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home
I put the turning point in the spring of 2009, when A.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
A couple of decades later, Gottlob Frege with his "Begriffsshrift" and then Bertrand Russell and A.N.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
Looking back over the years, the self-critical, gimlet-eyed A.N.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
Over the next several years she lived in Chicago and New York, making contact through friends from Europe with A.N.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2014
“But that was A.N. And I never liked it half as much as I like it with you.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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