jus

Example Sentences

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And for Barrett, that is the rule of jus soli—the idea that if you’re born in a place and governed by that place, you’re a citizen of that place.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

John Skrentny, a sociology professor at the University of California, San Diego, believes that, though birthright citizenship or jus soli is common throughout the Americas, "each nation-state had its own unique road to it".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

The whole thing is dipped in a magical brothy mushroom jus.

From Salon • May 28, 2024

“Ah jus lak uh chicken. Chicken drink water, but he don’t pee-pee.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston