vs.
abbreviation
verse.
vs.
1 Americanabbreviation
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verse.
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versus.
v.s.
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V.S.
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VS
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v.s.
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vs
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I guess networks aren’t interested in promoting “Lakers vs. LeBron TBA.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
When looking for a financial adviser, how do you weigh large vs. small firms?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Additional research is needed to separate the effects of caffeinated coffee vs. various compounds in coffee.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Millie Bobby Brown, who also appeared in “Godzilla vs. Kong,” was among those who shared tributes to Hottle following the news of her death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
If you decided to press the button, you probably would have reversed your decision if the stakes had been $100,000 vs. $3,000.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
This is directly analogous to the "car v.s. driver" question posed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2015
The film is to be based on the Rolling Stone article “Anonymous v.s. Steubenville,” and will reportedly focus on Lostutter’s life and role in the hacker collective Anonymous, The Hollywood reports.
From Time ● Apr. 2, 2014
IV, 12, ad fin., note, for the statement that he was “Bishop” of Ripon.498.King of Northumbria, v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
For the circumstances which led Egbert to undertake his work among the Columban monasteries, v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
Levit., xi, 3, and Deut., xiv, 6.712.Apparently reserved and kept in the Infirmary for the Communion of the dying.713.Matins were sung soon after midnight.714.Coldingham, v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
This tale of life and aspiration in colonial Trinidad is one of V.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The 20th century’s most piercing diagnostician of societies—as V.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
His credits included fiction by future Nobel laureates Morrison,Doris Lessing and V.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Building on an essay she wrote in The Paris Review during the height of #MeToo, Dederer explores the moral dimensions of art made by people who behaved monstrously, from Pablo Picasso to V.S.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
“The fact that V.S. came to see me on the exact same day you disappeared. The fact that she somehow figured out where you were. The fact that Gen had a jump rope.”
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“When we win in bras, we create a halo across the entire VS brand,” Ms. Super boasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“When we win in bras, we create a halo across the entire VS brand,” Super said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Go ahead 2-run homerun game tied at 7-7 in the 7th inning VS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
"Generation comes and goes, but the nation stays," he wrote in a message read aloud by his deputy, VS Atem, as he was too weak to speak himself.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
The conditional probability of the card being red-red given that it’s not black-black is VS, but that’s not the situation here.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
It depends on the respondent’s mood when asked and even the questions: “Are you happy?” vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He was a high school senior in 1954 when Warren, the new chief justice, spoke for a unanimous court to strike down racial segregation in the case of Brown vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Don’t miss: Robinhood’s new $695 Platinum card vs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
US actress Kaylee Hottle, who starred in the Godzilla vs Kong movie series, has died in a car crash at age 18.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
All over town, posters went up that read: Del Mar August 12, 1938 Seabiscuit vs.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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