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ma

[mah] / mɑ /
NOUN
Master of Arts
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NOUN
mental age
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"Right ma, love ya. I'll see you soon."

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025

The 68-year-old ma capsized his sailboat in the marina basin and was attempting to swim to shore with his boat when witnesses saw him go under the water, officials said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

In his work, for example, he was as intrigued by the barrel vault — a form common to Roman architecture — as he was by Japanese concepts of in-between space, known as ma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

After he finished, I saw a man who looked to be a local farmer approach him and ask: "Laih al-nar lay Al-Amrikan? Leh ma tad'o laihom bi al-hidaya?"

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022

She crashed here with her ma and pa.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

“She the home girl thas what I meant , have mas love for her” Echeverria wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

I’m trying to ask writers: What does living mas mean?

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023

The event is an international showcase for mas dancing, soca, calypso, steel bands and sound systems.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023

She’s still la mas chingona — the ultimate badass — emcee Enrique Cerna said as he welcomed her to the stage in October.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

“Caring for her own, best as she can. Like all us mas and pas.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate




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