Definitions
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- noun an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
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Examples
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Well, actually there is another intriguing thing about the report, especially the photo, which has a filename nec-netbook-teaser.jpg.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Well, actually there is another intriguing thing about the report, especially the photo, which has a filename nec-netbook-teaser.jpg.
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The key lies in offering a single standardized model, the New Embassy Compound, or nec, which is centered around a building with an atrium, and is available in three sizes — small, medium, and large.
The Mega-Bunker of Baghdad Langewiesche, William 2007
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"nec," in the first branch of a negative sentence, the same word
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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He told me about the Metal-Storm type systems; Radar guided, computer controlled and designed to destroy the incoming missile by shredding it, not nec to detonate warhead, just shred it with enuough out-going lead.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone been following the build up to next falklands war? 2010
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Chris Travers: ‘It manus in gyrum: paulatim singula vires deperdunt proprias; color est e pluribus unus, nec totus viridis, quia lactea frusta repugnant, nec de lacte nitens, quia tot variatur ab herbis.’
The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws 2010
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‘It manus in gyrum: paulatim singula vires deperdunt proprias; color est e pluribus unus, nec totus viridis, quia lactea frusta repugnant, nec de lacte nitens, quia tot variatur ab herbis.’
The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws 2010
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Jackets compulsory at dinner Despite the vertiginous prices of Paris haute cuisine, a meal at one of these nec plus ultra tables is an investment that just can't disappoint, and snagging a sought-after table at chef Pascal Barbot's three-star restaurant on a cobbled side street in the 16th arrondissement is well worth persistence.
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April 18, 2010 at 11:21 am buttz ai donut usuilly ware peach an ruffled hi nec drezz. actuilly, ai donut ware drezzez at awl. oar at leastez elebenti ..elebenti earz ago.
OMG Shirley, dat diamund - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Volat avis sine meta,/Quo nec vates nec propheta/Evolavit altius;
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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