ESP
extrasensory perception: perception or communication outside of normal sensory capability, as in telepathy and clairvoyance.
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extrasensory perception
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English for Specific ( or Special) Purposes: the technique of teaching English to students who need it for a particular purpose, such as business dealings
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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
To test ESP, the researchers implemented it in Simple Gallery, a popular image-gallery app for Android.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2021
I was hoping Spoony would do some kind of big brother ESP thing and say it for me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
"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
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
Great black actors have rec’d many awards& honors, esp. in the last decade plus.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2016
A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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
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
Redeem′ableness; Redeem′er, one who redeems or ransoms, esp.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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