section eight
Americannoun
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a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
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a soldier receiving such a discharge.
Etymology
Origin of section eight
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Johnson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a caesarean section eight years ago, spurring a public uproar and lawsuits by her husband against Cedars-Sinai and several physicians, which were ultimately settled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
That is a long time for “limited times,” which is mentioned in article one, section eight, clause eight of the Constitution.
From The Verge ● Feb. 22, 2022
Thus, in his opening section, eight essays on cold, he examines the records of various polar expeditions and celebrates Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s travel masterpiece, “The Worst Journey in the World.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
In October Hearst announced his own new color section: "eight pages of iridescent polychromous effulgence that makes the rainbow look like a piece of lead pipe."
From Time Magazine Archive
This section, eight kilomètres long, occupies at least one hour and a half, zigzagging some 2,000 feet up a steep slope which its predecessor uncompromisingly breasted.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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