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sanitation worker
sanitize
sanity
sank
Sankhya
sannup
sannyasi
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sans serif
Sansei
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sans
sans [ sanz, saaN ]


preposition 
Definition:
 
( archaic or literary or humorous )
Same as  without
looking forward to a well-earned break sans children
[13th century. < Old French sanz< alteration of Latin sine "without"]
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