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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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pass1 ME.
pa(a)s (XIII), var. of
PACE1 which became restricted to the sense ‘passage’ (as between mountains, across a river); the sp. was infl. by next.
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Passes for the powder obsessed.(multiday tickets and season passes that allow access to more than one ski resort)(Directory)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Skiing; 1/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...Highlands platinum season passes allow unlimited skiing...802-496-3551): Pass holders for Smugglers...588-SNOW): A season pass good at Heavenly, Kirkwood...waiting list for these passes.) Full Pass at Northstar at Tahoe...
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PASS PLUS: Pass Plus accelerates to year end.
M2 Presswire; 12/22/1998; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-22 December 1998-PASS PLUS: Pass Plus accelerates to year end (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151298 The 50,000th person has just completed the Pass Plus scheme for newly qualified drivers. Support for the scheme...
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Passes melt cost of ski trips
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 9/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...269 for adults. New passes are sold Fridays through...REI locations; current pass holders can renew online...person, visit the Copper Pass Wagon, which will travel...taking ID photos and making passes on the spot. If you've already purchased your pass, stop by the wagon to...
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PASS FINALLY CONNECTED FOR A TD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...yards, caught four passes for 17, and that...season. The TD pass still in his hands...connected on 11 of 19 passes for a modest 108...floated neatly into Pass's hands. "It...who caught five passes for 59 yards. Pass caught another for...
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Three-player pass combinations: the key lies in delivering the through pass to the third player.
Magazine article from: Coach and Athletic Director; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...forth until A can work free for the ("up") pass from C (first pass). As A passes back to B coming up to meet the ball (second...goal. A passes to B, who one-touch back- passes (pass two) and then moves to the side to create space...
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Pass Class
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 6/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Alta Lake). Washington State Parks Pass ($50 annual);Sno-Park passes ($20 seasonal, $8 daily) for...we don't think there should be passes. And if they do have passes, it should be one pass for everything, so there's no...
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Pass Plus gives new drivers more confidence.
M2 Presswire; 6/13/2003; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-13 June 2003-UK Government: Pass Plus gives new drivers more confidence...thousands of young drivers towards the Pass Plus scheme in an effort to reduce road...them said they had been trained just to pass the test, rather than to drive safely...
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I-PASS users hit technical traffic jam.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 1/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...spin through toll plazas for drivers using I-PASS starting Jan. 1. But, many new I-PASS users are facing their first roadblock - prolonged...to activate their transponders. Buying an I-PASS at a toll oasis, the toll highway authority...
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PASS SQL Server Community Announces Election Results for New Board of Directors.
Business Wire; 9/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), the first independent, user-run...an independent Consultant will join the PASS Board which consists of three executive...help us design new programs and that keeps PASS on the forefront of SQL Server and BI technologies...
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Season pass only a deal if you use it frequently.(C)(Sports)(Weekend Athlete)(Snow Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...off-peak season pass for $275; the student off-peak season passes in the three age groups...for family season passes. A transferable pass is $1,300. Call...has its adult season pass priced at $399. Passes are also available...
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Passes, Mountain
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...maps show only three passes into the Shenandoah Valley...The most important pass in the Kentucky approach...California the Siskiyou Pass proved useful. Important passes in the midcontinental...southwestern Wyoming; Cochetope Pass over the San Juan Mountains...
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Pass, Joe
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Joe Pass Guitarist Downward Spiral of Drugs Restarted...50 years as a professional guitarist, Joe Pass managed to break through many barriers and...Pennsylvania, while he was still a child. Pass became interested in guitar after he saw...
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pass
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...question we answered “Pass.” ∎...through something: repeated passes with the swipe card an unmarked plane had been making passes over his house. ∎...made to someone: she made a pass at Stephen. ∎...
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Pass, The
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
PASS, THE Lacan invented the pass to clarify and formalize the transition...the one at which the psychoanalysand passes to becoming a psychoanalyst —...which could then allow the candidate to pass from analysand to analyst. This initiative...
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Pass
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
PASS As a verb, to utter or pronounce, as when the court passes sentence upon a prisoner. Also...as when judgment is said to pass for the plaintiff in a suit...bill or resolution is said to pass when it is agreed to or enacted...
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