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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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
They were well-meaning spiritual seekers who found a sense of purpose through the group’s “Executive Success Program” — or ESP — personal development seminars supposedly designed to help people overcome their “limiting beliefs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
“We wanted to see if we could make it possible to encrypt data while using existing services,” says computer scientist Jason Nieh, one of the developers of ESP.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2021
That agent must have had some sort of detective ESP.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
"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
Tomorrow may be a serious fire spread day due to W/SW wind event, esp. on #CaldorFire which will start to approach Meyers/South Lake Tahoe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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
“The restrictions gave us time to understand Omicron and we know our existing vaccines work against Omicron, esp boosted,” Munoz wrote on Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
“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
That needs to change from Eng , esp as a seamer down.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 3, 2015
AMERICA.—A vast number of important works, see esp.
From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)
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