extrasensory perception
English for Specific ( or Special) Purposes: the technique of teaching English to students who need it for a particular purpose, such as business dealings
electronic stability programme: an electronic system that automatically stabilizes a road vehicle that is being oversteered or is in danger of rolling over by selectively applying individual brakes
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Her film credits include the 1984 classic “Ghostbusters,” where she appeared as one of the students participating in the ESP study conducted by Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
He became fascinated by the anthropology of the abnormal—from trance states to traditional magical practices to the possibility of ESP.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
Quirk was always a few covers away: The Day The Martians Landed, screamed one headline, with two alien spaceships looming dramatically; or ESP: Fact Or Fiction, as part of a series of "eternal controversies".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
The researchers have not finalized their future plans for ESP but say they may license the program to cloud storage companies or make it available to anyone on an open-access basis.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2021
As if she had ESP, Mamá froze in midslice and looked up, making immediate eye contact with me.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
"The downward revision reflects our more cautious view on both investment and consumption growth, esp. in 3Q," the Wall Street bank said in a note.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023
A particularly tense period of time, esp. one leading up to the climax of a competition or event.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
Folks esp. in mobile homes need to use today's quiet wx to solidify plans in case of warnings tomorrow.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
The same document later adds, “We will still have gaps in detection & enforcement, esp. for Spanish.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
However, one Condé Nast audience development editor shared on X that “by volume, Pitchfork has the highest daily site visitors of any of our titles … despite scant resourcing, esp from corporate.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don’t get this opportunity often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
“They would want me to give up Dt or family, esp JK. I would never do that,” Manafort said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2019
The entry for “computer” defined it as “a calculating-machine; esp an automatic electronic device for performing mathematical or logical operations”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018
Jurist, jōō′rist, n. one who is versed in the science of law, esp.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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