1
: a member of a Slavic people of Slovakia
2
: the Slavic language of the Slovak people
Slovak
adjective
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Last year, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico pledged to stop sending military aid to Ukraine, and in November 2023, the Slovak government rejected a $43 million aid package to Kyiv.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Right now, Trump has tremendous political capital to wield over some of these potential holdouts, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
At the time, locals had to navigate the uncharted territory of authoritarianism, when the far-right Hlinka Slovak People’s Party rose to power with the encouragement of the Nazis.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Eight years ago, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Slovak beat Italy’s then-world No 8 Roberta Vinci.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The on-demand service will be added to Cosmote TV’s streaming platform in Greece, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic from November 2024.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Tesla, Norton Slovak, and the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic were all contacted for this piece, but none responded.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Set near the Hungarian border during WWII in the Nazi puppet Slovak state, the novel embraces the imagery of the Death’s Head Moth, whose pattern reflects the same skull adopted by the Nazi SS, to force readers to confront a period Grofova says most Slovaks would prefer to forget.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2024
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Right now, Trump has tremendous political capital to wield over some of these potential holdouts, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
At the time, locals had to navigate the uncharted territory of authoritarianism, when the far-right Hlinka Slovak People’s Party rose to power with the encouragement of the Nazis.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Eight years ago, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Slovak beat Italy’s then-world No 8 Roberta Vinci.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The on-demand service will be added to Cosmote TV’s streaming platform in Greece, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic from November 2024.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Tesla, Norton Slovak, and the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic were all contacted for this piece, but none responded.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Set near the Hungarian border during WWII in the Nazi puppet Slovak state, the novel embraces the imagery of the Death’s Head Moth, whose pattern reflects the same skull adopted by the Nazi SS, to force readers to confront a period Grofova says most Slovaks would prefer to forget.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2024
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“Slovak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Slovak. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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Slovak
noun
Slo·vak
ˈslō-ˌväk 
-ˌvak
1
: a member of a Slavic people of Slovakia
2
: the Slavic language of the Slovak people
Slovak
adjective
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