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etcetera

[et-set-er-uh, ‑-se-truh] / ɛtˈsɛt ər ə, ‑ˈsɛ trə /
NOUN
odds and ends
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"If major investors, particularly in infrastructure, technology, real estate, etcetera, no longer believe that their investments are safe this would have a much more significant impact and the diversification plans of the UAE," he said.

From Barron's Mar. 15, 2026

He’s extremely charming and brilliant at what he does — really impressive, etcetera.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

“It was Dutch police, it was Dutch moving companies, Dutch transportation, Dutch railways, etcetera, etcetera,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2024

How is Kylian taking this early substitution etcetera?

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

This explains the reason why so large a majority of our modern surnames are place-names, whether in respect of a town, as Nottingham, Debenham, Brentwood: or of a country locality, as Brook, Lane, Hill, etcetera.

From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

One word was regarded in the late-18th and 19th centuries as so shocking that it was variously rendered "inexpressibles", "indescribables", "etceteras", "unmentionables", "ineffables", "indispensables", "innominables" "inexplicables" and "continuations".

From The Guardian May 23, 2013

Four hours will amply cover picking the kids up, cleaning the flat, eating, washing and the various etceteras.

From The Guardian Apr. 26, 2013

This elfin-looking man, usually dressed in a red-plaid shirt, ventured out into the unfamiliar with tape recorder in hand and spoke with people whom he liked to call the etceteras of the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

But there would be no limit to what our Lord would want of Patria Mercedes, body and soul and all the etceteras besides.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The girdle supplies the place of pockets, and in it are deposited knives, the pipe, the tobacco-pouch, the flint and steel, and various etceteras.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)




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