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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

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Mr Shevat joined Twitter in 2021 when his start-up called Reshuffle was acquired by the social media network.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2023

“The way Elon Musk executed the layoffs was really inhumane,” said Shevat, who was the head of product for Twitter’s developer platform.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 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

Shevat elaborated on this, saying that the new policy will make it clear what’s allowed and make it easier for developers to compete with Twitter in ways that the company didn’t allow before.

From The Verge Nov. 15, 2021

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