Tet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tet
From the Vietnamese word tê´t
Example Sentences
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She no longer has contacts she can reach in Sittwe, or in Sin Tet Maw, the Arakan Army-controlled village from where the boats departed.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the 1968 Tet Offensive, U.S. forces crushed the Viet Cong, dealing a near-fatal blow to the communist insurgency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Knight: There’s a lot of these Moby references, throughout — the kind of golden era of electronic music, being like Boards of Canada, Four Tet stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated in several Asian countries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
I was saving this for you for Tet, but why wait?
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
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