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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
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 Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
He requested to know what these secrets were, on which I informed him that I was thoroughly versant in the construction of all manner of guns and artillery.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
These figures are, of course, only approximately correct; and it often happens that, at the same elevation, the heat is greater on the Pacific than on the Atlantic versant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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.
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