cy pres
preposition
as near as possible.
cypres
-
a variation of
cy pres.
Example Sentences
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The artist's "Verger avec cypres" sold for $117.2 million.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
Poem 44. cypres or cyprus,—used by the old writers for crape: whether from the French crespe or from the Island whence it was imported.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
You might as properly presume to discuss a mastoid operation with a surgeon or the doctrine of cypres with a lawyer.
From The "Goldfish" by Arthur Cheney Train
