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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

“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

The first time Lizzie went, she spent almost a day just going through piles of paperwork that they had accumulated, classified, etcetera.

From Salon Oct. 18, 2023

One cannot help admiring our monster hotels, gigantic railway schemes, palatial warehouses, etcetera, etcetera, but then we miss many of our delightful old institutions.

From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by George Manville Fenn

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

Cloth-work, crape-work, chenille-work, ribbon-work, wafer-work, with a long train of etceteras, have all passed away in our own memory; yet these conferred much evanescent fame, and a proportional quantity of vain emulation.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Maria Edgeworth




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