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sans

[sanz; Fr. sahn]

preposition

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French sans, earlier sens, seinz a conflation of Latin sine without, and absentiā in the absence of, ablative of absentia absence

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Sans is always a great word to know.

So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Example Sentences

Today's puzzle, while not quite as strenuous a workout, has us coming and going sans doors.

Pick something that you know so well that you could deliver a talk about it sans notes if necessary.

Water goes in carrying edibles of all sizes, and water sans food flows out.

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Today's puzzle, while not quite as strenuous a workout, has us coming and going sans doors.

Pick something that you know so well that you could deliver a talk about it sans notes if necessary.

Water goes in carrying edibles of all sizes, and water sans food flows out.

Hence he could pedal sans performance improving drugs and still come out the winner.

Funny thought to bring the design of a river into landscaping design sans water.

Vitesse is intended to be a racy slab sans serif font, one with bold strokes at the ends of the letters.

Then you raise questions about their theories, sans any real substantive answers provided from your direct experience.

Sign on for a set itinerary or build your own and ride sans guide.

En anglais, je n'oserais pas mais il va sans dire que je lis l'anglais sans difficulté.

In today's e-mail-centric world, however, sans serif is much more common.

Nous adorons tout ce qui est français et nous le cherchons sans arrêt.

If the government's concern was truly the safety of it's people, it could have done the same forcible relocations sans dam.

Il est transmis des femmes à leur progéniture sans recombinaison, et est ainsi un outil important pour les généticiens.

Taking supplements unless you have a diagnosed deficiency is a waste of time and money sans the placebo effect.

Actually, in light of that description and sans the female bits, perhaps it's not entirely foreign to me after all.

The bending of the sans will fit her for commission next week.

But its headlines, in inch-high sans serif, are another matter.

These nontraditional wood alternatives can provide your home with heat sans the negative impact on the.

But it's a different ballgame now, and cruising around the house sans wires doesn't have to cause any audio-induced migraines.

Instead, let's focus on useful discourse from both sides sans the stereotyping more suited to a sorority rush party.

Reports say emergency rewrites are under way to salvage the episode, sans fully functional bus.

Then retired post war baby boomers can zoom about sans life-threatening multi-ton pseudo gas guzzler.

There is also much evidence to show that evolution occurs in nature sans human selection pressures.

The base model comes sans air conditioning and power windows, but those amenities are available in deluxe models.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

Sanskrit.

noun

a river in central Europe, flowing from the Carpathian Mountains in W Ukraine through SE Poland into the Vistula: battles 1914–15. about 280 miles (450 km) long.

noun, plural Sans (especially collectively) San for 1.

a member of a nomadic, racially distinct, short-statured people of southern Africa.

any of more than a dozen related Khoisan languages spoken by the San.

Also called Bushman.

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World English Dictionary

sans (sænz)

—*prep*
	an archaic word for without

[C13: from Old French sanz, from Latin sine without, but probably also influenced by Latin absentiā in the absence of]

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Word Origin & History

sans

early 14c., from Fr. sans, O.Fr. sen, sens (with adverbial genitive), cognate with Prov. senes, O.Catalan senes, O.Sp. sen (Sp. sin), O.It. sen, from V.L. *sene, from L. sine "without," from si ne "if not."

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

SAN abbr.
sinoatrial node

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

SANS
small angle neutron scattering