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Shevat

American  
[shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt] / ʃəˈvɑt, ʃvɑt, ʃəˈvɔt /

noun

  1. the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.


Shevat British  
/ ʃɛˈvat /

noun

  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year

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Etymology

Origin of Shevat

First recorded in 1530–40, from Hebrew shĕvāt, from Akkadian shabātu

Example Sentences

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One of her clients, Amir Shevat, told the BBC that Twitter boss Elon Musk had "failed" in his leadership of the firm.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

Two more laid-off employees, Amir Shevat and Adrian Trejo Nuñez, also spoke at Bloom’s conference; both are pursuing their own arbitration claims against Musk.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2022

“I think of Twitter right now as the old Nokia phone… it was a good phone. But the only app on it was Snake, if you remember,” Shevat tells TechCrunch.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2022

Amir Shevat, Twitter’s head of product for developers, got the job by offering similar criticism to Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Agrawal.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

The company also changed its API policy to allow for more use cases, including removing restrictions on competing with Twitter, Shevat said.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2021

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