Sm
samarium.
Sm
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SM
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American
sm.
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S.M.
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S.M.
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sergeant major.
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State Militia.
SM
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sergeant major
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sadomasochism
Sm
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sm
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Usage
What else does SM mean? While SM can refer to many things, three prominent meanings are sadomasochism, the South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment, and the internet slang so much. How is SM pronounced?[ es-em ]
Etymology
Origin of S.M.
From New Latin Scientiae Magister
Example Sentences
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Protesters blasted a mix of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker, including “Por mi Mexico” by Lefty Sm & Santa Fe Klan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
P. convex, umbil. striate, glabrous, hygr. brown, paler when dry; g. decur. thick, distant, forked, rufous-brown; s. slender, colour of p. flosculus, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Differs from C. fusipes in rugulose pileus, and in growing singly. mimica, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. convex then plane, tawny, covered everywhere with suberect darker erect innate squamules; g. adnate, crowded, dingy yellow; s. solid, equal, glabrous, pallid. decipiens, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Pileus longitudinally fibrillose, soon cracked, often adpressedly scaly; stem whitish, paler than pileus, fibrillose. schista, Cke. and Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
"We've been putting solar panels on our malls just to save on energy," Frederic DyBuncio, president and CEO of SM Investments Corp, told AFP, adding that the country's other conglomerates were doing the same.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
However, for a few of the weapons—the Patriots, THAADs, and SM missiles, which are adept at shooting down short-to-medium-range ballistic missiles—there are no good substitutes.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
They lower their 2025-2027 EPS estimates for SM by 5%-11%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Last week, Los Angeles witnessed history as the K-pop community came together to celebrate 30 years of SM Entertainment with some of the biggest K-pop acts gracing the stage at Dignity Health Sports Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
So the triangle could be solved except for scale, and the ratio of SE to SM would give the distance of Mars from the sun in terms of that of the earth.
From Kepler by Walter W. (Walter William) Bryant
Story of the most noble and worthy Kynge Arthur, black letter, woodcuts, the title and several leaves in fac-simile, morocco extra, 1557, sm. folio, £10; another copy, quite perfect, £30.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
Oxford, 1894, 1 vol.; sm. 8vo; pp. x.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Kralicz 1579-98, 6 vols. sm. fol. prepared by the United Brethren, the first from the original languages.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
V, ask, beg, request, command, 3, 26, 31.3, 84. bitter, aj. bitter, 20, 31.2, 55. bitterlīch, aj. bitter, 8. bitterlīchen, av. bitterly. biȥ, sm. bite, 44. bīȥen, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
Imprinted at London by John Windet, sm. 8vo.
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
S.M., a 17-year-old transgender classmate who also requested to go by initials, agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
Canada, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Vietnam, will visit the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps to see their plight firsthand, said Gen. S.M.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
“We haven’t seen such a widespread flood in Sylhet for around two decades,” S.M.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2022
"There is no need for the government to debate over Islamic religious practices," said S.M.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2022
To all whom it may concern: Whereas the exequatur of Claudius Edward Habicht, recognizing him as consul of Sweden and Norway at New York, and that of S.M.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
Spice, born Isis Naija Gaston, quote tweeted in response, saying, “sweetest person ever thank u sm i love yuuuu,” punctuated with a heart-eye emoji, purple heart emoji and heart-hands emoji.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
Good Raymond emerged from the wreckage slowly, like a man struggling from a sm ashed car.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2013
E. Sum. v. good 616 Summer Russet sm.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The sounds preceding the i are similar but not identical, represented by sm in the first case and st in the second.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
Autumn good 606 Mead's Keeper Winter Mear's Seedling sm.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
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