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BS

[bee-es] / ˈbiˈɛs /












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So inevitably, investment bankers have the “markets talk, BS walks” conversation: “Yes, we said you’d be worth a trillion dollars, but investors are demanding a clear path to profitability.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

BS Prahallad, technical director of the government-backed Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited, set up to manage major projects, said an average resident needed 90-100 minutes to cover 16 kilometres.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

"Atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin condition driven by the immune system and often precedes the development of asthma and allergic rhinitis," explained medical student Tristan Nguyen, BS, the lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025

They know how to navigate the bureaucratic BS that keeps—or maybe, kept—our country running.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2025

He claimed he wasn’t hungry because he was thinking about how we were gonna get to Mexico, but that was BS.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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