Sm
samarium.
Sm
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SM
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American
sm.
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American
abbreviation
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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British
abbreviation
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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
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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
Differs from F. carbonaria in decur. bright g. clitopila, Cke. and Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 5-8 cm. convex then depr. tinged brick red, fibrillose, zoned; g. pale tan; s. 4-5 cm. reddish, grooved; sp. ——. spinulosa, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. pallid white, oblique, subumbil. almost glabrous; g. crowded, distinct, almost simple, edge slightly canaliculate; s. solid, subundulate, naked. caliginosa, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. lateral, fleshy, convex, pale yellowish ochre, edge irreg. flesh white then violet; g. slightly decur. narrowed at both ends, pallid, spotted violet; s. lateral, stout, colour of p. minimus, W. G. 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
"With films about these scandals, people are given a space to peek into someone else's household problems," SM Gietty Tambunan, a member of the Jakarta Arts Council Film Committee, tells BBC Indonesian.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Thus T will have one definition in GCL and another generated by SM.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
Pp. 1-399. sm. 4o, in five blank books.
From Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) by James Constantine Pilling
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
Satire on Cardinal Wolsey, a Poem; b.l. sm. 8vo. russia, no date nor place.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Ecole de France, 8 vols. sm. 8vo. hf. bd. russia, very neat, 20s.
From Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
VII, till, plough, 87. ërn = ër ne. ernern, wv. rescue, heal, cure. erniuwen, wv. renew. ërnst, sm. fervour. errëchen, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
S.M. said she didn’t intend the message as a threat to anyone, believing it would remain essentially private.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
The boat overturned while returning from a Hindu temple on the Karatoa River in Panchagarh district in northern Bangladesh, local police chief S.M.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 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
S.M. "della Cintola," Our Lady of the Girdle, where she is either giving the Girdle to St. Thomas, or where the Child holds it in his hand.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
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
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
E. Sum. v. good 616 Summer Russet sm.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
Autumn good 606 Mead's Keeper Winter Mear's Seedling sm.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
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