quasi

Example Sentences

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Quango stands for quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which means they are taxpayer-funded but not directly controlled by central government, and include watchdogs as well as the prison service and the Bank of England.

From BBC

Similarly, a “reciprocal access agreement,” or RAA, would make the Philippines Japan’s third “quasi ally” along with Australia and the United Kingdom, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.

From Washington Times

“To house any human being in a ‘quasi floating prison’ like the Bibby Stockholm is inhumane,” he said in a statement.

From New York Times

Seventeen contestants, all alumni from those shows, are sent to a remote tropical island to try to survive for a chance to win $250,000 in this quasi social experiment.

From New York Times

“Cuernacava” is a quasi ghost story in which a man from Chicago retraces a trip to Mexico that his father took in the 1960s, and uncovers a long-buried secret along the way.

From New York Times