MOR
abbreviation
MOR
1 Americanabbreviation
mor.
2
American
abbreviation
MOR
1
British
abbreviation
Mor.
2
British
abbreviation
mor
3
British
/ mɔː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mor
Danish
Example Sentences
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Heggie credits MOR and its founder and artistic director Mina Miller with giving him the opportunity to expand his perspective on how the medium of opera can tell stories.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
The Seattle-based MOR soon began commissioning new works to present alongside music by figures whose voices had been cut off by the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
This is a deathly dull MOR dirge, hastily written by Evita lyricist Tim Rice and perfunctorily performed by Coolidge for Roger Moore's sixth outing as 007.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2020
How did the chap with the terrible ponytail and the MOR hit end up making records as unconventional as Absolute Zero?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2019
MOR: I will forgive him, rather than hear any more.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
Q. Religious tract society, cl. 24s., mor. 30s.
From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton
Abbey and A. Parsons. 4to, mor. gilt. 31s. 6d.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Molesworth, Mrs.
Stafford Gallery Collection of Pictures, 2 vols. fol., mor. elegant, 5 gs.;
From Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The "Opp. mor." referred to appears to be a translation of the "Opuscoli morali" of L. B. Alberti, published at Venice in 1568, which is too early for Tabachetti.
From Ex Voto by Butler, Samuel
Contracted; Contraction. contr. bon. mor., contra bonos mores=Contrary to good manners.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Mor., iii, 2, 27, quoted in Grimm, D. M. pp. 1,012-3.
From Popular Tales from the Norse by Dasent, George Webbe
In the supermarket, bilingual signs pointed shoppers to bwyd môr in Welsh, or seafood, rather than boos mor, and tatws melys, or sweet potato, rather than aval dor melys.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
But you’re here to eat, and pak mor is a home run of both taste and texture, invitingly silky outside and umami-savory inside.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The Chick-fil-A cows are on to something with their “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign—but mostly, we need to eat mor chickpeas; raising chickens is still more emissions-heavy than cultivating plants.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023
In a separate court filing, Hobbs also asked the Superior Court in Maricopa County to award her mor $600,000 to compensate for attorney fees and other expenses incurred in defending against Lake's lawsuit.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2022
I mus stop my ritin cuz the lite didn burn eny mor.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
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