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sug-

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  1. variant of sub- before g: suggest.


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When "Buck" Duke began to plan his great Endowment, Dr. Flowers hustled off with Dr. Few to Charlotte, N. C. to make sug- gestions.

From Time Magazine Archive

One sug- gestion was what he described as "sequential negotiations" in which Israel and Egypt would take the lead in be ginning the second round of peace talks this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scott gratefully acknowledged Doug's edict, and might have sug- gested it himself if it weren't for his dedication to the story he had spent months on already.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

NOTE.—The euphonic variations suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, result from assimilating the b of sub- to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William

He does not assert that the earth was stopped on its axis, but sug- gests "refraction" as a way out of the difficulty.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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