semis

[ sey-mis, see- ]

noun

Origin of semis

<Latin sēmis, apparently equivalent to sēmi-semi- + asas²

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Then Argentina kicked them out in the semis, despite allegations of cheating.
Why Americans Should Love the World Cup | Sean Wilsey | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Teams manage and sort the constant flow of surplus riding in on semis from closed bases.
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Neither Rafael Nadal nor Roger Federer made it to the semis at the U.S. Open.
A U.S. Open Final Without Nadal & Federer? Great! | Nicholas McCarvel | September 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
When Federer lost in the semis of a major in 2008, he said that his unprecedented run had “created a monster.”
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Would Paul from Oberhausen really pick against the Mannschaft in the semis?
World Cup Primer | Joshua Robinson | June 12, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

There Foch (whose headquarters were at semis, twenty-two miles nearer Paris) awaited them in his special train.
Foch the Man | Clara E. Laughlin
Now the street widened into eight traffic lanes and the big semis joined the procession on the edge of the downtown area.
This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch
The twelth part of an acre was called Uncia and half a foot, semis, &c.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology | Charles K. Dillaway
And what commas they wielded, what colons, what semis, what stops!
Mystery at Geneva | Rose Macaulay
If I wanted money, if she had earned an as, she gave me a semis.
Gryll Grange | Thomas Love Peacock

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