Nessie

[nes-ee]

noun

Informal.

1. Loch Ness monster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nessie¹

(Loch) Ness + -ie

Example Sentences

No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine's engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch's murky waters.

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In another element of its sweeping lawsuit, the FTC accused Amazon of “quietly and deliberately” raising prices for shoppers using an algorithm internally called Project Nessie.

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A company called Ototo has turned Nessie into a soup ladle in green, turquoise or purple.

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In addition to making $1 billion by using a secret algorithm called "Project Nessie" to push up the prices that U.S. households pay, Amazon may have also succeeded in curbing Walmart's ambitions.

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Amazon has also “quietly and deliberately” raised prices for shoppers using Project Nessie, the FTC alleged.

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