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• Waves
  Waves

  noun

  the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Naval Reserve, the distinct force of women enlistees in the U.S. Navy, organized during World War II.
• WAVES
  WAVES

  acronym

  Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; the women's reserve of the US navy

Waves

American  

[weyvz] / weɪvz /

Or WAVES

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Naval Reserve, the distinct force of women enlistees in the U.S. Navy, organized during World War II.

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WAVES British  

/ weɪvz /

acronym

1. Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; the women's reserve of the US navy

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Etymology

Origin of Waves

1942; W(omen) A(ccepted for) V(olunteer) E(mergency) S(ervice)

Example Sentences

In the 1920s and 1930s, the view informed three of her novels - Jacob's Room, The Waves and To the Lighthouse.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Waves crash along the Palm Beach shoreline and a drone shot swoops over the grounds of Mar-a-Lago before landing at a pair of stilettos donned by Melania Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The Waves gained most of their first-half points from USC fouls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

The arrest followed a US extradition request received by Guyana on Thursday, according to the Demerara Waves news outlet.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

I give him his birthday present, a first edition of The Waves I found in a little bookstore in New York.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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