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virginium.
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Etymology
Origin of v.i.
From Latin vidē infrā v.i. for def. 2
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Omri Yoffe, CEO of Vi, a roughly 115-person AI company that focuses on healthcare, recently told employees they need to think of the current moment in almost Darwinian terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
At that point, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles wrote, “I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family.”
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said on Saturday that her death was a "senseless and tragic loss", adding that she has been "been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Her bold choice blooms into Vi returning the embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
The Fat Lady and her friend Vi were snoozing in the picture over the portrait hole.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Due for release on November 19, the highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto VI" has also drawn criticism because its physical game box contains only a download code.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
She also appeared in the Scream film franchise, appearing as Kirby Reed in Scream 4, released in 2011, and Scream VI in 2023.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Trump officials argued they had a right to recoup the money under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law barring discrimination based on race or national origin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The company is set to launch Grand Theft Auto VI on Nov. 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Family Betrayals Instead of acting on Ptolemy’s behalf, Berenice soon got rid of Cleopatra VI and seized complete control of her father’s reign.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Wabble, Wobble, wob′l, v.i. to incline alternately to one side and the other: to rock, to vacillate.—n. a hobbling, unequal motion.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Unstretch, un-strech′, v.i. to become unstretched or relaxed.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Weep, wēp, v.i. to express grief by shedding tears: to wail or lament: to drip, rain: to be pendent, as a weeping willow.—v.t. to lament: to pour forth:—pa.t. and pa.p. wept.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Unfasten, un-fas′n, v.t. to loose, as from a fastening: to unfix. v.i. to become untied.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Welter, wel′tėr, v.i. to roll or tumble about, to wallow about, esp. in dirt: to lie in some floating substance.—v.t. to make way in a weltering manner.—n. a tossing about, a state of turmoil.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
I recall having high hopes for you and "V.I. Warshawski" and an expectation for you to play a series of films based on the character.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2022
Or “Travesties,” in which a couple of peevish cardholders in the 1918 Zurich public library named James Joyce and V.I.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2018
During years of yawning budget deficits, the U.S. protectorate tapped the V.I.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2017
As the plot — about crooked politicians and construction contracts — unfolds, V.I. finds herself nearly drowning in memories of her old Chicago neighborhood and missing the friends who didn’t make it out.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
As the scale increases the V.I. decreases in proportion and the M.D. therefore remains the same for the same degree of slope whatever the scale of the map.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
We see this in a manuscript catalogued as Cotton Vespasian D. vi, which is currently held in the British Library in London.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
Evolutions are always preferable to revolutions and gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
When the music aligned with D’Angelo’s stern portrayal, as in the fiery “Se bramate d’amar, chi vi sdegna,” it gave off sparks.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
She gained fame last autumn when she became the first wheelchair dancer to appear on the dance show Skal vi Danse? - the Norwegian version of Strictly Come Dancing.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2021
I got to my feet and put the fire behind me so it wouldn’t dull my vi sion.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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