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abbreviation

distance.

distant.

distinguish.

distinguished.

district.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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Words nearby dist.

dissuasion, dissuasive, dissyllabize, dissyllable, dissymmetry, dist., distad, distaff, distaffer, distaff side, distain

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Example sentences from the Web for dist.

We, the undersigned members of the Society of Friends, beg leave to represent to thee, that we were lately drafted in the 3d Dist.
The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary|Cyrus Pringle
Unjaundiced, un-jn′dist, adj. not jaundiced, not affected by jealousy.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
This should be compared with Wace's description of Gawain, "plus volt faire que il ne dist, Et plus doner qu'il ne promist."
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret|Marie De France
Seigneurs et Sires, ces paroles qe j'ay dist sont tant à due en Franceys, vostre Roi vient à toy.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand

He spent $1000, and it was arranged in State committee that I was to go to the 8th dist.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1|Samuel J. Tilden