Examples of quasi in a Sentence
Daniel McGinn, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2000
But also, bachelors, more than married people, blended the two spheres by making their public, non-familial peer group and other associations into quasi families and by carrying on their personal affairs in mostly public or semipublic places such as boardinghouses, saloons, the streets, clubhouses, and the like.
—Howard P. Chudacoff, The Age of the Bachelor, 1999
Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
On Russian Doll: The actual, transactional quasi friendships that New Yorkers have with their bodega guys are plenty interesting.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2020
The finale mixes frenzied scurries, quasi chicken cluckings and virtuoso fugal writing.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
But injecting competition into a market that’s settled into a quasi oligopoly is itself no easy task for policy makers.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 9 Dec. 2022
Since 1967, the land in Orlando where Disney World sits has been governed by the Reedy Creek Improvement District — a quasi-government entity led by a board of Disney senior executives.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023
The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multistate, quasi-federal body that decides on ocean fishing seasons, adopted proposals to close the fishing season at a meeting last week, and is expected to formally approve the closure at a meeting in early April.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, a quasi-government agency that has a service agreement with Amtrak, said it was told by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission that the train can’t serve alcohol during the New Hampshire portion of the journey.
—Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
Ripley begins to suffer quasi-religious hallucinations and to doubt her own sanity.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Quasi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quasi. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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Kids Definition
quasi-
combining formCombining form
from Latin quasi "as if"
Legal Definition
quasi
1 of 2 adjective
quasi
2 of 2 adverbAdjective
Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if
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