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Type Words
Synonyms s, second
Type of unit of time, time unit
Has types leap second
Type Words
Synonyms secant
Type of trigonometric function, circular function
Type Words
Synonyms unsweet
Type Words
Synonyms securities and exchange commission
Type of independent agency

Examples of sec

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The SEC now has a 7-0 record in the title game since the BCS was formed in 1998.
From the bloomberg.com
One of the top cornerbacks in the SEC, Jenkins will miss all of spring practice.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The SEC likes cleaner cases in which the information is more obviously material.
From the bloomberg.com
Deloitte approved the practice after a previous version was squashed by the SEC.
From the businessweek.com
In coming weeks the bank is expected to file a motion to dismiss the SEC action.
From the businessweek.com
I do think the SEC will be given authority to register and regulate hedge funds.
From the businessweek.com
In May the SEC released tentative guidance, which experts are still sorting out.
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The SEC, too, has looked at the possibility that such trades can be manipulated.
From the businessweek.com
The automaker filed its first set of paperwork with the SEC to go public, again.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • (of champagne) moderately dry
  • Second: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  • Secant: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
  • Securities and Exchange Commission: an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
  • The sweetness of a wine is defined by the level of sugar in the wine.
  • (Secs) The second (SI symbol: s), sometimes abbreviated sec., is the name of a unit of time, and is the International System of Units (SI) base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.
  • Section
  • A symbol of the trigonometric function secant
  • (SECS) Semiconductor Equipment Communications Standard; designed in early 1980s to be fully dynamic, non-fixed, variable length, self-defining messaging protocol between equipment and host control computer; intent was to allow independent manufacturers of both equipment and host computers to ...