Sa
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seaman apprentice.
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social anxiety.
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sexual assault (or abuse).
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semiannual.
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sex appeal.
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subject to approval.
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Salvation Army.
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seaman apprentice.
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South Africa.
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South America.
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South Australia.
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Salvation Army
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Sociedad Anónima
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Société anonyme
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South Africa
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South America
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South Australia
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Sturmabteilung: the Nazi terrorist militia, organized around 1924
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Saudi Arabia (international car registration)
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semiannual
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sex appeal
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sine anno
symbol
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Etymology
Origin of s.a.4
From Latin sine annō
Origin of S.A.6
< French société anonyme or Spanish sociedad anónima
Example Sentences
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Nottingham Forest are in line to sign Portuguese midfielder Gustavo Sa from Famalicao, with the 21-year-old then expected to move to Greek side Olympiacos on loan.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Matt Doherty fouled Joao Pedro and Palmer stepped up to send Jose Sa the wrong way with his 13th-minute penalty.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
The City Ground club had held talks with Wolves over a move for Jose Sa, but have since pivoted to Ortega.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Never-campers might opt for Sediba Sa Rona, which opens the same month with stilted suites overlooking the Khwai River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
“Did anybody see which way he went? What an exciting day, what? Sa sa cy avaunt, cy sa avaunt, sa cy avaunt!”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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At the Pozos Colorados terminal, which handles most of the country’s fuel imports, a subsidiary of state-controlled Ecopetrol SA unveiled Colombia’s largest storage tank in June, expanding capacity for refined products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Earlier work led by Dr. Wang and Professor Tom Gordon, Head of Immunology at SA Pathology in South Australia, decoded the structure of this PF4 antibody in 2022.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026
Treasury Department has since eased sanctions on Petróleos de Venezuela SA, the state oil company known as PdVSA, issuing a general license allowing American companies to export and sell Venezuelan crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Vijay began as a child actor in the 1980s and was launched as a lead actor in 1992 by his parents - filmmaker SA Chandrasekhar and singer-writer Shoba Chandrasekhar - with Naalaiya Theerpu.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
It doesn’t mean that Peugeot SA is invulnerable or immortal.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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If A is the area of the plate web in a vertical section, the intensity of shearing stress is fx = S/A and the intensity on horizontal sections is the same.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Soc., i, s.a. 1586-7, where is recorded an expense item for a payment to "Mr. Chauncelor" for entering a presentment for collections for the poor.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware
For examples of bribery see Wing Acc'ts, s.a.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware
The Po Yi and Ho Ni tribes are mentioned in the Yuan Shi, s.a.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
Saturday. s.a., secundum artem=According to art; sine anno=Without date.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
For examples of fees paid for absolution from an unjust excommunication see Minchinhampton Acc'ts, s.a.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware
How did his relatively brief stint in the NFL and longer life experiences shape a book that is as affecting as the debut novels of Mosley, Michael Connelly or S.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Kamoa Copper S.A. is a joint venture owned in equal parts by Canada's Ivanhoe Mines and China's Zijin Mining, with the Congolese state holding a 20-percent minority stake.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The bigger fish that the sanctions target is Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., or Gaesa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Apart from a few cameos and crossovers — “the S.A. Cosby Shared Universe,” he jokes — Cosby writes stand-alone novels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Can you discover evidences of the dramatic lyric and narrative styles used? 456-478 S.A.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
He joined ACT UP; co-founded Kambal sa Lusog, a Filipino gay and lesbian group; and was a member of Godzilla, a loose collective of Asian American artists.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
"Para sa bayan," which means "for our country", she told a Filipino news crew after the match in Wellington.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
Head to the Seward Park Amphitheater to enjoy food, arts and craft booths, children’s games and cultural and contemporary performances, and help Pista sa Nayon preserve and share Filipino culture.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Then he turned to the lawmakers and said, “If you forgive the poor attempt at Irish: Tá mé sa bhaile. I’m at home. I’m at home. I only wish I could stay longer.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
“He sa ys he kno ws,” Helen told Theresa.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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