Definitions

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  • initialism SupraOptic Nucleus
  • initialism philately socked on the nose
  • abbreviation Sonora, a state of Mexico.

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Examples

  • Lafaele, long (I hope) familiar to you, has this day received the visit of his son from Tonga; and the SON proves to be a very pretty, attractive young daughter!

    Vailima Letters 2005

  • CHRISTIANS have taken it as the counterpart of the title SON OF GOD and seen it as indicating CHRIST'S humanity.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • In CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY it came to represent the deity of CHRIST in contrast to His humanity expressed by the title SON OF MAN.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • DESERT SON is like Larry Clark riffing on the wilderness survival genre

    UPDATED: Three clips from BBC's DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS mini-series 2009

  • BEAUTIFUL SON is the story of an illness reaching epidemic proportion, now affecting one in 150 children.

    "Beautiful Son" documents alternative autism treatments BA Haller 2008

  • The multi-media art show focuses on “the plausible impossibility of death in the mind of cartoon characters”. jCauty&SON is also selling a bunch of limited edition prints from the exhibit.

    Cool Stuff: Splatter Exhibition in London | /Film 2008

  • How is that you are held responsible as a taxpayer, as I am, when genetic testing does not test for ADHD which requires medication, as I know as my SON is ADHD and autistic which is not genetically tested for also.

    Saving Carlos: Budget cuts leave 2nd-grader behind 2010

  • Years ago, in May 1994, I was driving with my sister, her husband and their 2 little boys when I noticed that 3 large, fluffy clouds in the sky were shaped like letters and spelled the word SON as clearly as any writing I'd ever seen.

    Archive 2008-11-01 appleleaf 2008

  • Years ago, in May 1994, I was driving with my sister, her husband and their 2 little boys when I noticed that 3 large, fluffy clouds in the sky were shaped like letters and spelled the word SON as clearly as any writing I'd ever seen.

    Signs and symbols appleleaf 2008

  • My dear departed father, his grandfather, a decorated veteran, served in two wars for this country, and my SON is quite aware of that fact.

    Think Progress » Preteen magazine makes military recruiting pitch. 2006

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