Shevat

American

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

noun

the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.

Shevat British

/ ʃɛˈvat /

noun

(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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Shevat

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

I asked Shevat why Twitter was looking to outside developers to “improve the health and safety of the public conversation,” as its press release puts it, instead of doing the job itself.

From The Verge ● Nov. 15, 2021

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