Oz
1 Americannoun
noun
abbreviation
noun
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of Oz1
Jocular back formation from Aussie ( def. ) (with voiced sibilant)
Origin of oz.3
Abbreviation of Italian onza
Example Sentences
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Sure, she’s a work of foam and fabric co-created by a man, Frank Oz, who provided her voice until 2002, when voice actor Eric Jacobson officially took over.
From Salon
In a Wednesday press conference, Mr. Vance and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, firmly closed a valve.
The administration, Mr. Oz said, has notified Minnesota that it is “deferring” $259 million in quarterly Medicaid payments to the state until it acts to get its fraud under control.
“They’re not the only state that’s floundering,” Mr. Oz said.
Mr. Oz made clear that “we will give them the money” after “they propose and act on a comprehensive corrective action plan to solve the problem.”
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