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WSW

American  

abbreviation

  1. west-southwest.

  2. women who have sex with women.


WSW British  

symbol

  1. west-southwest

"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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Presenting the report for WSW, lawyer Martin Pusch said Ratzinger had done nothing against the abuse in four cases.

From Reuters Jan. 20, 2022

People have different ideas about WSW – many of these ideas are strange, and most of them are wrong.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2016

According to a recent study, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana were reported as having a 9.6% rate of self-reported HIV infections among WSW.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2016

We have a new short-range WSW groundswell expected to arrive before lunch, presently being generated by a mid-latitude system that has developed off the NE Coast of New Zealand.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 28th their course was still WSW and their distance increased 20 miles in that direction.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by Collins, David

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