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  • W.S.
    W.S.
    abbreviation
    West Saxon.
  • ws
    ws
    abbreviation
    Western Samoa

W.S.

American  

abbreviation

  1. West Saxon.


ws British  

abbreviation

  1. Western Samoa

"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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Wickens capped the week with three Ws — wins at Watkins Glen and his home track in Toronto, as well as the birth of son, Wesley.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Starters on teams that score a lot of runs early in games and that have strong bullpens to hold leads rack up the Ws.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

I can think of the acronym as the five Ws, if you will.

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022

Making Vs into Ws, like vodka becoming wodka—that’s rarely the case.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2021

A handful of older boys were there too, leaning against the building in white jerseys emblazoned with large purple Ws, their arms crossed, sizing up the newcomers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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