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Meanings of shamus in English
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
Synonyms
Examples for "operative"
Examples for "operative"
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I need to let the tower know which flight plan is operative.
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She's a good choice to work with the CIA operative. He backtracked.
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Introduction: Controversy exists concerning the importance of operative time on patient outcomes.
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Only a few studies are available on long-term results after operative treatment.
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The concomitant procedures incurred an additional mean operative time of 61 minutes.
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From the point of view of the criminal expert, said Mr. Sherlock
2
Janet Salter held up her book and said, 'I'm reading Sherlock Holmes.'
3
Today, according to respected Holmes scholar Christopher Morley, is Sherlock Holmes' birthday.
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Within minutes the place was a smoke-filled den of tipsy Sherlock Holmses.
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This week we meet Lee Sherlock, student and model at NotAnother agency.
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Occupation: Former police officer turned private detective; peerless solver of mysterious murders.
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Youre a free dwarf now, and every private detective needs a partner.
3
In August, the private detective industry reported, cheerfully, an uptick in business.
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The way I've got it, you're a private detective working for Mark.
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Well, I've just been talking to Mr. Denman-youremember, the private detective.
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However, levels of E-alpha 1 PI complex usually increased in these cases.
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The median survival time of patients managed with PI was 23 months.
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Conclusion: NRSs are applicable for unidimensional assessment of PI in most settings.
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Similarly, no detectable changes in RA-PI were noted in patients undergoing TACE.
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First, the whole population was antigen tested and all PI cattle removed.
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I agree, but the good news is-noprivate eye cases right now.
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Within a few minutes, Cowles probably knew I was a private eye.
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For your private eye: it is a dying man who speaks thus.
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Clients like a hint of danger when they hire a private eye.
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Garret would also hire a private eye to check for dirty laundry.
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However, police today found the unlicensed private investigator had done nothing wrong.
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After he'd left, Storm said, I'm a private investigator-justlike Jedidiah said.
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Right now I'm just a private investigator who's run out of leads.
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She has put the matter in the hands of a private investigator.
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The private investigator had left behind an adult daughter and two grandchildren.
Usage of shamus in English
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A single outcropping might have stopped our progress for a disastrous instant, shattering stone, shield, succubus, and shamus into one big mess.
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In the first episode, Ice Station Santa, the canine shamus and rabbity thing travel to the North Pole to fight Claus himself, for some reason.
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Cooper shifted his attention back to Shamus after that instant's distraction.
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While Sirius was sniffing them, Basil leaned down, and called him Shamus O'Cat.
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Bill replaced Shamus and they're both mated, in any case.
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Best result was nose second to Shamus Sward in 2013.
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His work has won the Anthony, Shamus, and Edgar Awards.
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As the novices left, he saw Shamus go over to his math teacher mate.
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Shamus Award was the last three-year-old colt to win the Cox Plate in 2013.
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I'm gonna show you on Shamus how we use a few pieces of equipment.
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Afterward, he listened as Shamus questioned the group.
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Shamus threw back his head in a belly laugh, his thick brown hair catching the light.
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Some of our soldiers were sent to dig out the tunnel, and with them was Shamus Mackenzie.
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Robin usually called him Leo when he was alone with Kathleen, and Shamus if Basil was there.
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Shamus walked with him to the garage.
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Shamus Award also ran third in that year's Caulfield Guineas before breaking his maiden in Australasia's weight-for-age championship.
Translations for shamus
Portuguese
Shamus through the time