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etc.

abbreviation for

  1. and others; and so forth; and so on (used to indicate that more of the same sort or class might have been mentioned, but for brevity have been omitted):

    You can leave your coats, umbrellas, etc., at the door.



etc.

abbreviation for

  1. et cetera
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of etc.1

Shortening of et cetera
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I'm thinking of the Palmer Raids and the red scares, etc., that have happened in the past, but there's always been opposition to that kind of authoritarianism.

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However, Trump "seems like he's a fan of generating uncertainty, which I guess he uses as a position of power, for negotiation, etc."

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"But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc."

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He then handled several handguns, discussing their features — magazines, sights, grips, takedown levers, etc. — and explaining how to reassemble one in a way he said would make it “more dangerous” if “misused.”

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“The long story short is that me and many other experts do not think they have demonstrated even the basic science behind it, let alone the leap into technology of scaling up, production, etc.,”

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