de plano

[di pley-noh, dee, dey]

adverb

Chiefly Law.

1. without argument.

2. by manifest right; plainly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of de plano¹

From Latin dē planō

Example Sentences

Gabriele de Plano of gunmaker Beretta showed off a new rifle - a soldier doesn’t have to carry around a ton of batteries for the rifle’s components.

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Gabriele de Plano of gunmaker Beretta showed off a new rifle — a soldier doesn’t have to carry around a ton of batteries for the rifle’s components.

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That $580 million contract amounts to more like $1 billion in work, Beretta’s de Plano says, when you put together the cost of research, production, accessories and disposing of old weapons, also the job of a manufacturer.

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Gabriele de Plano, Beretta’s vice president of military and marketing sales, picks one up and turns it in his hands.

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“All this,” de Plano says as he strolls onto the factory floor in a dark suit and eye-protection goggles, “this is because of the M9 contract.”

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