jus

Example Sentences

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She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

More than 30 countries - including Canada, Mexico, Malaysia and Lesotho - practise automatic "jus soli", or "right of the soil" without restriction.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

I am forever and always obsessed with chicken skin jus, so seeing a caramelized one on your menu made me very excited.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024

He say, Okay, boy, you be servin jus a little while, too.’

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole