Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
advice .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Advice; opinion; deliberation.
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- noun obsolete
advice ;opinion ;deliberation .
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Examples
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The female entrepreneur, once a rara avis, is now a prized constituent of the economy whose way of doing business reaps enormous financial and social dividends.
Lynn Parramore: She-Orientation: Female Entrepreneurs Will Shape Recovery Lynn Parramore 2010
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The female entrepreneur, once a rara avis, is now a prized constituent of the economy whose way of doing business reaps enormous financial and social dividends.
Lynn Parramore: She-Orientation: Female Entrepreneurs Will Shape Recovery Lynn Parramore 2010
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The female entrepreneur, once a rara avis, is now a prized constituent of the economy whose way of doing business reaps enormous financial and social dividends.
Lynn Parramore: She-Orientation: Female Entrepreneurs Will Shape Recovery Lynn Parramore 2010
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The word aesthetic, which means "being responsive to or appreciative of what is beautiful or pleasurable to the senses," is derived from the Sanskrit word avis, which means "before the eyes, openly, manifestly, evidently."
unknown title 2009
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Justice Breyer himself has called such cases a rara avis, which is why having a “presumption” in most cases is, essentially, unnecessary.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power: 2009
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The local rental agencies have better prices than the international ones such as avis or budget.
Beach Information 2002
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He added that not giving a positive "avis" to Podgorica would be a "bad signal".
EurActiv.com 2009
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EU foreign ministers have been invited to give their green light to the Commission's "avis", issued in the wake of Montenegro's formal application to join the EU last December (
EurActiv.com 2009
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He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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