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Etymology
Origin of se-
< Latin sē ( d ) (preposition), sē- (prefix) without, apart
Example Sentences
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The soups, salads, pizzas and other menu offerings are created by chef Kim Floresca, who came to Goop after working at restaurants like Per Se and El Bulli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Building on this, the researchers explored whether adding NAC or Se to the diet could counteract those effects.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
"This is the biggest scandal the Norwegian royals ever had," says Andersen's colleague and current Se og Hør editor-in-chief Niklas Kokkinn-Thoresen, who covered the arrest with him at the time.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Se Youn “Steve” Kim, 41, and his identical twin brother, Hee Youn “Ted” Kim, 41, were arrested Thursday morning by federal authorities and pleaded not guilty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
I was an empty house with a sign in front, Se Vende, For Sale.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Porsche SE shares are down 23% year-to-date, reflecting the decline in its core Volkswagen holding, in which it owns a 53.1% stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Launched in February, the fund owns big European industrials and defense suppliers such as Rhinemetall AG, BAE Systems PLC, Airbus SE, and Safran SA.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
Find insight on Honda, Porsche SE, Jet2, and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
It will launch in the UK for £599, which is £200 less than the iPhone 16 - but more than double what the original iPhone SE went for when it launched in 2016.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
A guard in a blue-and-gray uniform with SE printed on his jacket waved them through.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
‘We might still have a chance. Mr Kulagin’s injury is not se- vere, it is the third shot coming up already, and Mr Shaw-Asquith may declare satisfaction afterwards.’
From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2018
Says Reeves: "So far, this is the most accurate computer- generated se- quence that demonstrates the interaction between waves and the beach."
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s as if deep inside I’ve known these things already, these se- crets to a happy life, but here they are, written out so that I won’t ever forget or doubt.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
“Matilde, we never laughed together as teenagers or told each other se- crets or talked about crushes on guys.”
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Angela found the se- quined spectacles, wiped off the wet, crystalline mess, and placed them on her partner's nose.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
“To make a comparison between events isn’t per se disqualifying. On the contrary, it creates connections,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The IOC has always insisted Russia was banned not because of the invasion per se, but because the Russian Olympic Committee effectively took over regional sports organisations in occupied Ukrainian territories.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Behind her, the crowd chanted in Spanish, “Que se vayan!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
"If you went to Sardis in 1950 there were a few things kind of sticking up above ground, but there was nothing really to see, per se," Anderson said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Besides,” she went on, “you have your—¿como se dice? Your toys? Phone and computer. Like you never left.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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