a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
any of more than a dozen related Khoisan languages spoken by the San.
an aboriginal people of southern Africa
a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen
< Japanese, contraction of -sama suffix denoting direction, appearance, respect
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Concerns around a duopoly were top of mind during a pro-open-weights protest on Saturday in downtown San Francisco, the epicenter of the AI startup community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
My wife, Delilah, found them on the website of Frosted Faces Foundation, a nonprofit in the northern San Diego County town of Ramona that rescues senior dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
There has hardly been anyone in history more difficult to hit than the San Diego Padres’ Mason Miller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Yet the car crash involving San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan generated a firestorm far from the Palo Alto street where he collided with an SUV on July 14.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The San Francisco Giants were his favorite baseball team and he hoped they would win the World Series.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Alcoa san k 7% after the aluminum producer’s first-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of analysts’ expectations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Miyazaki san responded, “I am making this movie because I do not have the answer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The pair, Sean Turnell, a former adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung san Suu Kyi and Vicky Bowman, were headed to Bangkok on an evening flight, the source said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
The melodic germ is “Meihua san nong,” an ancient tune whose title is often translated as “Three Variations on the Plum Blossom.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
I will hear her voice always: San konno san itta.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
“I used Comic Sans for the first time in my 35-year career for the rest of the type. I felt that was some sort of weird pinnacle in itself,” Kennedy explains over email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Rostin Manketa, executive director of Congolese human rights group La Voix des Sans Voix, shares a similar account.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
Another doctor - from the international agency Médecins Sans Frontières - sent a series of anguished voice messages to colleagues in London after sunrise on 12 February.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said its clinic in Gaza City also came under fire on Monday.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
“Our method will be as our mood suits us. Sans incendiary devices, of course. Now please start choosing people so we may begin.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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