- a variation of ti.
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Origin of Te
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) te 2 , (pinyin) dé
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Andrea Bocelli’s “Con te partirò” blasts over the stadium loudspeaker after wins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
"Our far-reaching theory encompasses all systems evidencing such transverse interactions. Conceivable applications range from colloid research to biology," declares co-author Dr. Michael te Vrugt, Assistant Professor at the University of Mainz.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
“No creía en el destino, hasta que te conocí,” Alejandro softly sings a Juan Gabriel classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Ngā Wai hono i te pō is the youngest child of King Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died last Friday at the age of 69.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
Mumbled, “Yo te tengo a ti, yo te tengo.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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Scientists at the University's School of Environment and Te Ao Mārama -- Centre for Fundamental Inquiry are studying whether the metal can preserve traces of past microbial life as a chemical `fingerprint.'
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
But as Te Haumihiata Mason, a translator working in Māori, points out to Mr. Hahn, in New Zealand few plants bud in May, so an inelastic approach here risks puzzling the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
The Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido singer spoke on stage saying she was proud despite the feat taking "27 years" to happen.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
“Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, ” her Latin Grammy favorite, will be a block-party fixture for generations to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
“I miss you too. I miss you more than you can possibly imagine. Or measure. Te amo.”
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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Another annoying misappropriation is the noun "fashion" which, in French, becomes an adjective, as in "J'adore tes chaussures - tres fashion."
From BBC ● May 24, 2013
Plat tes commissioned Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge, director of Minnesota's Natural History Museum, to compile an illustrated nature book.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Johnson called a National Security Council meeting for 10 p.m., then settled back to watch Rusk's televised tes timony, expecting the Secretary to make the announcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The pieces entitled 'La Solitude,' 'Sur une Tempête,' and the stanzas beginning 'Quand tu me vois baiser tes bras,' have all the fervour and picturesqueness of the Pléiade without its occasional blemishes of pedantic expression.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Nea aple methodos tes Agglikes aney didaskalog; evdosis tetarte.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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