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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation established
  • abbreviation estate
  • abbreviation estimate

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  • The children holding rest, best, nest, etc., will group themselves at the house of "est."

    How to Teach Phonics Lida M. Williams

  • London Fashion Week's opening day catwalk presentations were like a history of British fashion from the 'Swinging Sixties' to the 21st century, featuring everything from collections by the likes of Paul Costelloe est. 1979, and Caroline Charles, who established her luxury brand nearly 50 years ago, to the latest designs by Fashion Fringe winners, Jenny Holmes and Dimitris Theocharidis, who were not even born when Charles launched her brand in 1973.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • (md´´gs´cär) Madagascar, officially Democratic Republic of Madagascar, republic (1995 est. pop. 13,862,000), 226,658 sq. mi. (587,045 sq. km.), in the Indian Ocean, separated from East Africa by the Mozambique Channel.

    Your Disgusting Head Haggis-On-Whey 2004

  • These would have been the westernmost settlements in the state of Texas in that year, located not coincidentally near the U.S. Army forts Chadbourne (est. 1852 and Concho (est.

    EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

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