e-passport

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noun

a passport with an embedded microchip carrying information about the holder

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Word Origin for e-passport

C20: from e- ² + passport

Words nearby e-passport

epanaphora, epanodos, epanorthosis, eparch, eparchy, e-passport, épatant, épaulement, epaulet, epaulette, epaulette tree

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How to use e-passport in a sentence

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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And the Absinthe House has a full list: Other famous imbibers include P.T. Barnum, Oscar Wilde, and General Robert E. Lee.
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Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
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Originally conceived by author Clarence E. Mulford in 1904, Hopalong was crude, rough-talking, and dangerous.
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The guitar is tuned to E, and an Eminor chord on a guitar just rings and rings forever.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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True; but as we are far enough now from that point, we must e'en make the best of the bad.
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I can hardly help laughing at this myself; for, Se non e vero, ben Trovato!
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"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.
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Nevertheless, he listened patiently for the thousandth time to the E flat concerto, as Steiniger played it.
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