ns

¹ American  

Or nsec

1. nanosecond; nanoseconds.

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Ns ² American  

1. Meteorology. nimbostratus.

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NS ³ American  

abbreviation

1. not sufficient (funds).

2. Nova Scotia, Canada (approved for postal use).

3. nuclear ship.

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n/s ⁴ American  

1. not sufficient.

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n.s. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. not specified.

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N.S. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. New Style.

2. Nova Scotia.

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NS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. New Style (method of reckoning dates)

2. not sufficient or not satisfactory

3. (esp in postal addresses) Nova Scotia

4. nuclear ship

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ns ² British  

abbreviation

1. new series

2. not specified

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N/S ³ British  

abbreviation

1. non-smoker: used in lonely hearts columns and personal advertisements

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Example Sentences

Jetten appointed Wouter Koolmees, head of national rail firm NS, as scout to lead the haggling.

From Barron's

Dutch media reported the person most likely to win the role is Wouter Koolmees, the head of national rail firm NS, who has previous scout experience for the D66.

From Barron's

While clearing his possessions Ms Clarke misplaced the paperwork, and is now in a weeks-long exchange with NS&I trying to trace the accounts.

From BBC

BBC Morning Live's resident money expert Iona Bain said NS&I needed to consider how it could improve.

From BBC

"Whilst it can be administratively complex to track down historic money, NS&I needs to consider how it can improve this process so it's much less rigid, bureaucratic and frankly disappointing."

From BBC