prefix
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The name, a play on the prefix in the region and Trump’s names, started as a joke.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
When the first system of motor vehicle registration was introduced in the 1900s, a one or two letter prefix was followed by a number with up to four digits.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025
She dissected the word “intermolecular,” and its prefix, “inter,” connecting it to other words with that same prefix.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
The human rights center disclosed in its 2019 report that it used the federally assigned prefix “RPN-” for “repatriate” to plug information into free flight-tracking websites and obtain a plane’s tail number and ownership.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
The prefix od- used in the second halfmonth is a reversive, giving a contrary meaning, so that Odgeteny might be translated as “undarkness.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Power Prefix: pre-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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