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des

[dey]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.

DES

abbreviation

diethylstilbestrol.

-des

a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek.
proboscides.

DES

abbreviation

Department of Education and Science

DES

Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of DES¹

< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns

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French troops marched down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées alongside tanks and armored vehicles as fighter jets swooshed over the Arc de Triomphe.

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Cunningly, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth’s “The Agency” — a remake of the French series “Le Bureau des Légendes”— pushes its central character to question that arrangement.

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Alcaraz could not resist posting an image of himself, external holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires, with the caption: "How was your Sunday?"

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Scholten told the Des Moines Register, "When she doubled down on Saturday with her, I felt, very disrespectful comments, I was like, 'OK, game on.'"

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They will close their celebrations with an event for season-ticket holders at the club's Parc des Princes stadium later on Sunday night.

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Derzhavin desacralize

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