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  • vs.
    vs.
    abbreviation
    verse.
  • v.s.
    v.s.
    abbreviation
    vide supra.
  • V.S.
    V.S.
    abbreviation
    Veterinary Surgeon.
  • VS
    VS
    abbreviation
    Veterinary Surgeon
  • vs
    vs
    abbreviation
    versus
Synonyms

vs.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. verse.

  2. versus.


v.s. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. vide supra.


V.S. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Veterinary Surgeon.


VS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Veterinary Surgeon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

v.s. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. vide supra See vide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vs 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. versus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

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From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

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From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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From Barron's • May 11, 2026

If you refrained from pressing, you would probably have reversed that decision if the stakes had been $10,000 vs. $9,500.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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