MV
1 American-
main verb.
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megavolt; megavolts.
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motor vessel.
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market value.
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mean variation.
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Music. mezza voce.
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motor vessel
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muzzle velocity
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Example Sentences
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At least 25 countries had or have citizens on board the MV Hondius, which is operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, a privately owned Dutch company.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The day before the MV Hondius’s latest sailing, the crew of the merchant vessel gathered for dinner in Ushuaia, the Argentine resort town known as the gateway to Antarctica.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The MV Hondius is now sailing towards Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West African coast.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The outbreak is taking place on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina and visited several remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
As in 1934, at 1:00 p.m. a ferry—this year the MV Chippewa—departed the University of Washington’s Oceanographic Dock with a full load of students and the school’s marching band.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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