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nos-

1 American  

  1. variant of noso- before a vowel.

nos. 2 American  
Or Nos.

abbreviation

  1. numbers.

n.o.s. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. not otherwise specified.

Nos. British  

abbreviation

  1. numbers

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But the banks continued nos- ing around the  regulatory margin, looking for ways to optimize their commodity-trading chops,  and  the  Credit Suisse traders simply  quit  the  bank  and  started their own  oil-focused  hedge fund.

From MSNBC • Jun. 4, 2014

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