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quasi

[kwey-zahy, -sahy, kwah-see, -zee] / ˈkweɪ zaɪ, -saɪ, ˈkwɑ si, -zi /


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Iran has established a network of exchange houses and quasi banks, known as rahbars, that control front companies in Hong Kong, the U.A.E. and Turkey, according to Treasury officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Researchers also cautioned that most of the evidence came from quasi experimental studies rather than stronger randomized clinical trials.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

Online, touch grass is an oft-repeated quasi insult, a way to tell your opponent they’ve spent too much time scrolling and need to reestablish a relationship with the sublunary.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025

The main charge levied against Washington was that he had made himself into a quasi king: “We have given him the powers and prerogatives of a King,” claimed one New York editorial.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“I say he’s a slob,” she said in her own quasi- comedy routine, before praising her son.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

Suu Kyi also became the darling of Burma’s supporters in Washington, who launched a push for re-engagement with the country in 2011 after the generals ostensibly gave way to a quasi- civilian government.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2015

The world abounds with examples of quasi- identical peoples and tribes who can't stand each other.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire created new nations under the quasi- colonial rule of France and Great Britain, such as Iraq and Palestine.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

He’s our quasi-official leader; the position is only quasi- legal.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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