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
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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
If Sporting are to upset both Arsenal and Gyokeres and progress to the last four they would reach a stage Sa Pinto knows well.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 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
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
It is a pentatonic raga, which means that only 5 pitches are used, Sa, Re, Ga, Pa and Dha.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Working with the Venezuelan state company, Petróleos de Venezuela, SA, was never really an option due to its underlying debt and history of corruption, the person said.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
Companies will be able to sign contracts with state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA or its affiliates, allowing the private firms to operate state-owned oil fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Helmuth's teacher, Herr Zeiger, wears his SA uniform to school, and his Nazi Party badge winks in the light as he struts around the classroom.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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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
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
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 name of LOB appears under the form Lo pou in the Yuan-shi, s.a.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
Expectations of tighter monetary policy continue to weigh on the nonyielding asset, says Bas Kooijman of DHF Capital S.A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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
How was Jeremiah treated by the foreign conqueror? 314-318 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
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
Joy ye, and be ye glaid; for your mede is plentuous in heuenis: for sa thai haue persewit alsa prophetis that war before you.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
To do this he cites approvingly an 1848 case and terms like “in ventre sa mere”:
From Slate ● May 5, 2022
Merlyn took off his hat raising his staff of lignum vitae politely in the air, and said slowly, “Snybem stnemilpmoc ot enutpen dna lliw eh yidnik tpecca siht yob sa a hsif?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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