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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.

From Reuters ● May 26, 2013

He was well versant in military affairs and took great delight in war, of which he endured the labours and privations with much patient fortitude.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The fact that the lavas of Vesuvius have broken out on the southwestern side, while the old wall of the cone has remained unbroken on the eastern versant, has a curious explanation.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

Had they been more versant in the periodical literature of the day, they might in this 'slashing' style have caught perhaps a glimpse of the future candidate for their borough, the Right Honourable Nicholas Rigby.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox