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UK
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[ US /ˈɔɹ, ɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɔɹ, ɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
-
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
How To Use OR In A Sentence
- The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
- Liberal democracy is a fraud, a cover for the power of the elite. Times, Sunday Times
- There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
- In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
- Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition