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sterling

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sterling.

Editorial note

The designers at Wired single-handedly prevented me from finding out about Bruce Sterling for ten years and more.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sterling gathered in one view.

noun

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

noun

A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.

noun

An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sterling.

noun

An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.

Example sentences

1

The designers at Wired single-handedly prevented me from finding out about Bruce Sterling for ten years and more.

2

The Hacker Crackdown by acclaimed sci fi author Bruce Sterling is a great work on an infamous cross-country bust of many hackers.

3

I'll leave it to you and your sterling grasp of society to figure out the whys and hows of that.

4

So it's basically a clock powered by a really simple Sterling engine?

5

The investigation of Jeffrey Alexander Sterling does not sound equivalent to a sitting head of state snooping directly on his political rival and their lawyer.

6

> Sterling coolers Doesn't matter what technology you use, you are still bound by the second law of thermodynamics.

7

It's cool that you're giving up on your false neutrality, though; going to bat for Milo Yiannopoulos and his sterling reputation for honesty about anything tips your hand.

8

There's no reason to use a Formation Company - took me about ten minutes, and ten pounds sterling on Companies House site when I formed mine.

9

It was just after WW2 that the dollar upended the pound sterling as the world's reserve currency and there was a sudden huge rise in prices and chaos in Britain.

10

Every time I see that Bruce Sterling quote, I feel obliged to point out that the Gobi Desert has been settled for many thousands of years, and is currently inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people.

11

The leverage placed on Risen to reveal his sources and the placement of Sterling under the Espionage Act - the use of backroom deals to keep Risen's publication of mass surveillance out of the Times when it was first published - the use of NSLs - the hacking of the Associated Press to spoil their sources during the Benghazi Affair.

12

My library has a Darwin bobblehead, a 4-bit relais computer, a rock from the top of Vesuvius, a small meteor, a 1kg pure tungsten cylinder and a magnesium one of the same size, some robot arms, a variety of Game&Watches, a Sterling engine and a steam engine, and a 1 cm scale cube.

Quote examples

1

If you tool around on Steam or YouTube you can find tons of examples - look up, for instance, Jim Sterling's "Squirty Play" series.

2

As Bruce Sterling has puts it: "I'll believe in people settling Mars at about the same time I see people settling the Gobi Desert.

3

This is a pretty sterling example of Paul Graham's "dignity is deadly" quote: > When you evolve out of start-up mode and start > worrying about being professional and dignified, > you only lose capabilities.

4

"As Bruce Sterling has puts it: "I'll believe in people settling Mars at about the same time I see people settling the Gobi Desert.

Proper noun examples

1

Sterling wrote for Wired, Wired gave me headaches, ergo I did not read Sterling.

2

Why do you think there were 240 pence in a Pound Sterling?

3

The Wikipedia page just mentions Sterling.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sterling in a sentence?

The designers at Wired single-handedly prevented me from finding out about Bruce Sterling for ten years and more.

What does sterling mean?

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

What part of speech is sterling?

sterling is commonly used as noun.