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SIL

American  

abbreviation

  1. sister-in-law.


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Your brother and SIL get to brag about their grands, but they may not critique yours.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022

The cultured pearl set cufflinks come with the mystery inscriptions: WUS, SIL, UDH and NUF.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2021

SIL lives alone with the pit bull she adopted slightly under two years ago.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2021

And then my SIL followed up with a link to where I could buy a modest "bathing dress" with sleeves, a long skirt and "swimming leggings."

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021

SIL International was named as the registration authority for the ISO 639-3 standard inventory of language identifiers and administers the annual cycle for changes and updates.

From The Internet and Languages [around the year 2000] by Marie Lebert

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