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Jagdish Khunt, president of the Surat Diamond Association in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said there would be a drop in orders in the short term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025
Alexandra Clarke was aboard the vessel when the fire broke out on Sunday morning, the Surat Thani Provincial Public Relations Office said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
Most of the rough diamonds mined in Botswana are shipped to manufacturing hubs like Surat, India, where they are cut and polished into the shiny crystals that greatly increase their value.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
"We have filed an appeal challenging the Surat district court’s order," Gandhi’s lawyer, Pankaj Champaneri, told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Surat, sū-rat′, n. coarse uncoloured cotton made at Surat, 160 miles north of Bombay.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Regarding the subject of that document— Akan hal surat itu.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir
I want you to start at once for the camp, with surat for the Kavitan.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
There has been a surat delivered to Lakamba.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
In a certain surat of the koran he mentions the names of twenty-eight of the prophets of Israel, praising each and all of them.
From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Then there were some more words in which d'Alcacer's attentive ear caught the word "surat."
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Conrad, Joseph
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