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In a 2017 interview with US magazine Fortune, Huang explained that the name "Nvidia" comes from the letters N and V, which they used in their file names to stand for "Next Version."
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Historically, these programs have relied on federal funding like Perkins V, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The other is an extended version of United Launch Alliance's Centaur V upper stage, which would hold additional propellant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
In 1911, Casement was knighted by King George V for his humanitarian work - which took him from central Africa to some of the poorest parts of South America.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her eyebrows dropped into a V when she frowned.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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Surely someone will soon make the case that Operation Epic Fury is the greatest triumph of arms since Henry V’s longbowmen routed the superior French numbers at Agincourt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The second half of the book gives the reader concrete steps to reclaim their joy using what you call the Five V’s: validation, venting, values, vitals and vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the famous victory in 1415, when Henry V's Army defeated the French.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive more than a decade after Grand Theft Auto V’s 2013 release.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
At Mrs. V’s house I learned to scoot and then to crawl.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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The announcement comes after Mr Bates Vs the Post Office drew in more than 10 million viewers and dominated the headlines last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
So far, they have raised £24,500 for the Young Lives Vs Cancer charity, that supports Harry's family.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
“Chocolate AP and chocolate the Vs, got the Willy Wonka factory / Burn a athlete like it’s calories, find another flame hot as me,” he raps on the track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
The project’s nature-themed name is making it easier for the topic to gain traction on social media than other oil projects with more technical-sounding names, said Cassidy DiPaolo, spokesperson for People Vs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
The conditional probability of getting a 12 when you know you have gotten at least an 11 is Vs.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2013
His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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The teacher tells her all the time not to talk so funny, not to get her t's and d's and her v's and w's mixed.
From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Helen Mason Groce
He was inclined to be facetious, and wanted to know if I had come across any more k. v's.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The art of subtle suggestion could hardly go further than in this line, where the alliterating v's, the mute e's, and the placing of the long syllables combine so wonderfully to produce the required effect.
From Books and Characters French and English by Giles Lytton Strachey
Where Toyota has been successful is selling electric – notably, hybrid – vehicles, that now account for 55.6% of total sales, vs 46.7% last year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Wilson at #4 San Pedro #6 Lincoln at #3 Narbonne #7 Wilmington Banning vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“I used to watch WWE as a kid — I felt like I was watching ‘WWE SmackDown vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Starting this year, filers can deduct only 90% of their net gambling losses vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
We read a few, and he chooses one called Shark vs.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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