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sir

noun as in a title of address

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For one glorious afternoon, oil traders were essentially reverse-panhandling: “Please, sir, take this barrel of West Texas Intermediate. Here’s forty bucks. I insist.”

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Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford asked Mr Wheeler if he had "any curiosity at all" about who he was selling knives to, to which Mr Wheeler replied: "I suppose not, sir."

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District Judge Wain told MrJafari: "Please stand, sir. The matter having been withdrawn, you are free to go."

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“Thanks, sir, appreciate all the help,” the analyst said to the helicopter pilot.

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“How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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