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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

Distribution.—Low to moderate elevations from Sinaloa, México, to Guatemala on the Pacific versant; from the Edwards and Stockton plateaus of Texas to British Honduras on the Caribbean versant.

From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by Lynch, John D.

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 Kerr, Robert

The Golfo Dulce region and the Caribbean versant are humid and inhabited by Hyla elaeochroa.

From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.

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