Sina

[see-nuh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

"If you already know how to bake bread, you can use this ability to bake a cake without relearning how to bake from scratch," said Sina Tafazoli, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Buschman lab at Princeton and lead author of the new study.

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HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held, guards wearing balaclavas stood along a corridor lined with cells.

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The less they know, the more secure are Al Sina prison and Syria, say prison officials.

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They are home to the largest population of Islamic State prisoners in the world, and those considered the most dangerous are held at Al Sina.

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Islamic State has targeted the camps and prisons with propaganda and messages to stir unrest—part of the reason the most dangerous prisoners held in Al Sina are kept under an information blackout.

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