- 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
To make the calculations easier, we can translate ∫C f ds to an integral with a variable of integration that is t.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
As a result, we would incorrectly conclude that ds = 0.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Marius Victorinus remarks: "If z were essential to the Latin language, we should represent it by ds."
From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston
Cooper believes that building a championship team starts with what he calls the five Ds: determination, dedication, desire, discipline and decision-making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
The words are thought to reference the "three Ds of insurance" - tactics used by companies to reject payment claims from customers.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
The same four Ds applied: death, divorce, dislocation, and disaster/downsizing.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
Since the “Toast for Change” wiped the slate clean for many of them, their grades have gone from Ds and Fs to As and Bs.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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In 2024, DS Smith made 70 roles redundant at its site in Louth in Lincolnshire.
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
DS Smith’s North American assets will stay inside the International Paper company, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Failing that, he could use the DS to transmit a message.
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
All of that is true in the case of D.S.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Also nominated as finalists: The Miami Herald for an investigation of Florida’s juvenile justice system by reporters Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
There were no wounded in the D.S. this afternoon.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
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