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  • SAE
    SAE
    abbreviation
    self-addressed envelope.
  • s.a.e.
    s.a.e.
    abbreviation
    stamped addressed envelope
  • sae
    sae
    adverb
    a Scot word for so 1

SAE

American  
Also sae,

abbreviation

  1. self-addressed envelope.

  2. Society of Automotive Engineers.

  3. Chiefly British. stamped addressed envelope.

  4. Standard American English.


SAE 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Society of Automotive Engineers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

s.a.e. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. stamped addressed envelope

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sae 3 British  
/ se /

adverb

  1. a Scot word for so 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“There was a mystique around it—the Cornell SAE people, that was a demographic within SpaceX,” said Charlotte Kiang, a former SpaceX employee who earned a master’s in engineering from the school.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

At ChargerHelp, Ellis set about creating a certified training program for charger technicians, working closely with SAE International, the standards-setting organization for the motor vehicle industry.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2024

Members of Alabama SAE or Ivy at Princeton have the same motivations: the best parties, the best-looking people, the best connections to do whatever you want when you graduate.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2024

Finally, the SAE module helps ensure semantic alignment between both data representations during the fusion process, which mitigates the issue of feature ambiguity.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

In June SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, said that it would set performance standards for Tesla’s electric vehicle charging cords.

From Seattle Times Oct. 5, 2023

I sae all the jokes Michelle Wolf made about Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2018

But Burns' spirit still has the fire to reply: O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, Sae pious and sae holy, Ye've nought to do but mark and tell Your neebours' fauts and folly.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Moi faether used tae sae: ‘Wool en tae mouth and wool en tae head.’

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"Commend me to the lass that's kind, Though nae sae gently born;50 And, gin her heart I coudna win, To take her hand I'd scorn."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

Patie.—What reason, Sir, can an auld woman have To tell a lie when she's sae near her grave?

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

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