- plural of D.
ds
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daylight saving.
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Commerce. days after sight. Also D/S
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document signed.
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Also: ds. music dal segno
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Detective Sergeant
Etymology
Origin of D.S.
From Italian dal segno
Example Sentences
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The Cyclones closed the third quarter with a pair of 3-pointers, the second by Ryan in the closing secon ds, that put ISU on top 49-47.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Senior forward Oscar ds Silva has played well all season and was named the Pac-12 player of the week after averaging 19.8 points and 11 rebounds in three games last week.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
If f is a continuous function on a smooth curve C, then ∫C f ds always exists.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
As a result, we would incorrectly conclude that ds = 0.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
B is the point at which the effect is required, distant a + b from O, so that AB = b, AP = s, PQ = ds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Law enforcement sources said this could have been a reference to the "three Ds of insurance" - tactics used by companies to reject payment claims by patients.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
The same four Ds applied: death, divorce, dislocation, and disaster/downsizing.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
She’s also boasting a B average in the class, compared to the Ds and Fs earned in her first-year math class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
She was no longer in college, having dropped out during her third semester because of morning sickness, two Ds, and one F. Lily, she thought, would be simpler than Savannah.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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In 2024, DS Smith made 70 roles redundant at its site in Louth in Lincolnshire.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
DS Smith said the proposal followed "a review of UK packaging operations" and was linked to "tough trading conditions" as it looked to "improve efficiency and respond to changing customer demand".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Margolies turned to my ultrasound images, pulling them up in the Koios DS Breast tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
The Switch 1 has now sold 155.37 million units -- overtaking the Nintendo DS to be its best-selling hardware of all time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Apart from the DS and some money, he had nothing in his pockets, not even a penknife.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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After selling out within three months in 2024, D.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
This week, host Karen Han talks to David Seth Moltz and Kavi Moltz, founders of the perfume company D.S.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2022
But D.S., and all kids in state care, are kids who need love, respect and care.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
The Ibrahims moved into their big white house in 1998, when Inshaf, the second-oldest of the children, was finishing high school at the prestigious D.S.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
For some reason to the writer unknown General Schofield had brought along with him General D.S.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Ambrose Bierce
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