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[sem-ee, sem-ahy] / ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ /




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Powertrain Naturally aspirated liquid-cooled 90-degree V4 engine, 1,158-cc displacement, counter-rotating crankshaft, semi dry sump lubrication; six-speed manual transmission with straight-cut gears and multi-plate clutch, with slipper action on overrun; chain drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Moderna stock surged following positive cancer-vaccine data, burning short sellers and spilling over into the semi sector.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Sales ended with 25 wickets, just two off the most in the competition and on the biggest T20 stage posted figures of 4-41 from eight overs across the semi and final.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Johnny Beig may have played in a semi professional cricket league in Australia, but this summer he’s a big fan of soccer in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Tomás stopped the semi in front of a chain-link gate.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Curtis broke Australian Kaylee McKeown's previous record by 0.23 seconds with a time of 26.63s in the semi- final on Wednesday and improved on that with her victory a day later.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

Semi-pedestal sinks are wall-hung sinks with a semi- or half-pedestal attached to the bottom of the sink.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

He's doubled it in a course of almost eight years, seven-and-a-half years, to be semi- exact.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2016

They sit and smoke their cigarettes and talk casually and with amused, semi- contemptuous irony about their friends, who have names like Mickie and Bobbie and Poochie and Robin.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Rangers have only failed to get to the semis once in the past decade.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Ben Shelton to the semis 🔥 Shelton outlasts the defending champion Alcaraz in a five-set thriller!

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But the most unexpected part of the Three Lions’ march to the semis is that it wasn’t built on the might of the Premier League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Separately, "Strike Norse" embedding a photo of England's Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham, previewing "Lions ready to roar past Norway into the semis" of the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Several semis blew their horn at me as they went barreling down the highway, and I took this as a criticism that I was not going fast enough.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo




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