SL
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Also sl. salvage loss.
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Bibliography. without place (of publication).
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Etymology
Origin of s.l.
From Latin sine locō s.l. for def. 2
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The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office confirmed the 45-year-old - whom it referred to only by his initials SL - was arrested following an Interpol alert.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Rounds out mix w/ CH & SL, both w/ good shape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Back then SL Green, Vornado, and Empire State fell around 6% overall.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Following the mayor’s announcement, New York-focused office REITs like SL Green, Vornado, and Empire State Realty Trust fell between 2% and 3%.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Take any point R on the directrix, and draw the lines RAM, RSN; draw SL so that the angle LSN = angle NSA′.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
B, Transverse section of the stomodaeum, showing the sulculus, sl, and the arrangement of the mesenteries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
For the instruments emanating from authority, he refers to sl.
From Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya by Edward Röer
B, Transverse section of the same, showing the arrangement of the mesenteries, s, Sulcus; sl, sulculus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
A thin layer of mesoblast, probably the submucosa, sl, lies beneath the epithelium and projects up into the folds.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
Euclide doth demonstrate it thus: Let the Pentaedra's aeiou, and ysrlm, be of equall heighth: the first of a triangular base eio: The second of a parallelogramme base sl, double unto the triangular.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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