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Etymology
Origin of se-
< Latin sē ( d ) (preposition), sē- (prefix) without, apart
Example Sentences
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Its chef, Joe Cash, an alum of New York’s Per Se and Copenhagen’s Noma, took inspiration from both French bistros and American steakhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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
"The actuator is composed of a motor controller and reduction gears. It is very similar to an electric power steering system," says Se Uk Oh, vice president leading the robotics business division at Hyundai Mobis.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Grupo Frontera had already generated buzz thanks to their cover of “No Se Va,” a 2018 hit by Colombian pop band Morat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 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
Bollore SE held a 29.3% stake in Vivendi’s share capital as at December 31, 2025, according to the investor’s website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
This year’s lineup includes a new Apple Watch SE 3, a Series 11 with a big battery boost and an Ultra 3 with emergency satellite connectivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
March 27-—Now that Im starting to have those dreams and remembiring Prof Nemur says I got to go to theripy se- sions with Dr Strauss.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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
She had no “estate” per se; she and her daughter bought a house together, with the right of survivorship, so her daughter automatically gets full ownership of the house.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The issue is not hybrid engines or turbos per se; it is the lack of energy recovery possibilities.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
To a degree that seems unthinkable in Europe, our most bruising national arguments aren’t about ethno-nationalism per se, but about what our national idea is or ought to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Behind her, the crowd chanted in Spanish, “Que se vayan!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
In the mornings she teaches arithmetic to his younger pupils, and afterward spends many hours at his bright-white shirtsleeve conjugating the self-same reflexive verbs—I’homme se noie—which a year ago she declared pointless.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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