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Safire

Safire proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Safire

  1. A surname.
    • I even discovered in writing this newsletter that my colleague Frank Bruni had taken the phrase to task last year (“the most degrading sequence of five words in the English language”) and William Safire had commented on it in The Times all the way back in 2006.2023 September 12, John McWhorter, “What Is 'It Is What It Is'?”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023, retrieved 13 Sep 2023

Questions about Safire

What does Safire mean?
Safire means a surname.
What part of speech is Safire?
Safire is a proper noun.

Words near Safire in the dictionary

  1. Safin
  2. Safina
  3. safinamide
  4. safing
  5. safingol
  6. Safire
  7. Safis
  8. Safley
  9. Safleys
  10. saflufenacil
  11. saframycin

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