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Shevat

American  
[shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt] / ʃəˈvɑt, ʃvɑt, ʃəˈvɔt /

noun

  1. the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.


Shevat British  
/ ʃɛˈvat /

noun

  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Shevat

First recorded in 1530–40, from Hebrew shĕvāt, from Akkadian shabātu

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One of her clients, Amir Shevat, told the BBC that Twitter boss Elon Musk had "failed" in his leadership of the firm.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2023

“The way Elon Musk executed the layoffs was really inhumane,” said Shevat, who was the head of product for Twitter’s developer platform.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2022

Amir Shevat, whose Twitter bio says he works on the company's developer products, posted on the service soon after news of Musk's termination, "End of season one - what a cliffhanger..."

From Reuters Jul. 9, 2022

“I think of Twitter right now as the old Nokia phone… it was a good phone. But the only app on it was Snake, if you remember,” Shevat tells TechCrunch.

From The Verge Apr. 22, 2022

“Talking to Jack and Parag, they recognized that Twitter before was a lot more open,” Mr. Shevat said in an interview.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2022

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