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  • noun Plural form of bilat.

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Examples

  • The "bilats" - shorthand in diplomatic parlance for these bilateral sessions - are taking place on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit Mr. Obama is hosting in Washington.

    NYT > Home Page By PETER BAKER 2010

  • Obama often used the early “bilats” bilateral meetings and social occasions as a way to satisfy his curiosity.

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Obama often used the early “bilats” bilateral meetings and social occasions as a way to satisfy his curiosity.

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Pool #4: POTUS held three bilats this pm at the ITC Maurya Hotel.

    Trailing Obama on White House 'pool duty' Scott Wilson 2010

  • Obama often used the early “bilats” bilateral meetings and social occasions as a way to satisfy his curiosity.

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Some would have formal “bilats” at the American mission across the street from the UN, or at the Waldorf-Astoria, where the White House and State Department staffs set up camp.

    The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

  • I was in a considerable number of the bilats, and got a chance to see what was going on.

    CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2006 2006

  • Whatever had caused the great die-out of the bilats, their fossils were an immediate sensation, instantly recognized by some primitive underbrain survivor of that dawn-of-time struggle.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • "Show me an overview of extinct Krulchukor bilats."

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • Q-- the bilats this afternoon, are there any plans for a group dinner at all tonight perhaps?

    Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart A ITY National Archives 2000

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