: scottish
—used especially of the people and language and in legal context
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Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
After each transfer, an inflatable ball is pushed through the pipeline using a vacuum system to ensure no liquid is left behind—another lesson learned from the Scots.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
And so from the Irish and the Scots, the knowledge of whiskey moved across Europe and eventually, via European settlers, to the Americas.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
She’s also navigated big-budget prestige dramas (Darkest Hour), tricky biopics (Mary Queen of Scots), musical crowd-pleasers (Yesterday) and has remained a key figure in Working Title’s ongoing evolution under Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
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Carter Derks was 2 for 3 with a run scored, and Harrison Hansen, who was a courtesy runner for Michael Tight, came around to score on a two-base error as the Scots (22-7) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
After each transfer, an inflatable ball is pushed through the pipeline using a vacuum system to ensure no liquid is left behind—another lesson learned from the Scots.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
And so from the Irish and the Scots, the knowledge of whiskey moved across Europe and eventually, via European settlers, to the Americas.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
She’s also navigated big-budget prestige dramas (Darkest Hour), tricky biopics (Mary Queen of Scots), musical crowd-pleasers (Yesterday) and has remained a key figure in Working Title’s ongoing evolution under Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
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“Scots.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scots. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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Scots
1 of 2 adjectiveScots
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: the English language of Scotland
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