noun
Etymology
Origin of calix
First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin; chalice
Example Sentences
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On the phone with her aunt Rosa Elda Calix Barnica, she complained that doctors kept performing ultrasounds to check the fetal heartbeat but were not helping her end the miscarriage.
From Salon
Bar investigators Charles Calix and Abrahim Bagheri appeared Tuesday at a federal court hearing in downtown L.A. and provided an update on the investigation.
From Los Angeles Times
Calix suggested that the investigation is unparalleled in the bar’s history.
From Los Angeles Times
At Tuesday’s hearing, Calix told Blumenfeld that some attorneys being investigated by the State Bar of California are invoking their 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination, in an apparent effort to allow the statute of limitations on potential charges to expire.
From Los Angeles Times
Pilbara Minerals is working with the Australian tech company Calix on a project to refine spodumene to a lithium phosphate salt — a key step in readying the material used in batteries.
From New York Times
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