How to Use Indonesian in a Sentence
Indonesian
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But sulit in Indonesian means difficult, which feels like a great metaphor for the paradox of being trans.
— Meredith Talusan, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023 -
The Indonesian Mission to the United Nations would say only that the mission has been in touch with the committee.
— Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Hughes-Castleberry: There are very few records about him, and most are in Indonesian.
— IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2023 -
The move came after heavy fighting and bombardment in northern Gaza, where the Indonesian Hospital is based.
— NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023 -
With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison.
— Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 -
The source of the strike on the Indonesian Hospital could not be independently verified, because heavy fighting raged around it.
— Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2023 -
But the captain, a local Indonesian, was tragically not found.
— Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024 -
The report did not identify the pilots, only describing the pilot in command as a 32-year-old Indonesian and the second in command as a 28-year-old Indonesian.
— Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024 -
Guests can request Indonesian for breakfast, Italian for lunch, or Japanese for dinner.
— Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024 -
The military said an Israeli intelligence unit had analyzed the picture after it was seized in Gaza in a tunnel near the Indonesian Hospital.
— Adam Goldman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023 -
An interpreter in the classroom translated between Indonesian and Mandarin.
— Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 10 July 2023 -
Each bottle contained a pen, cigarettes, hard candy and interview questions written in English, Chinese and Indonesian.
— Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023 -
Tierney said that the images and informational flyers will be shared online in multiple languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai and Indonesian.
— Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024 -
While analyzing nearly 3,800 hours of video footage, scientists observed the beatboxing-like vocalizations in two separate groups of wild orangutans—one in Indonesian Borneo and the other in Sumatra, Indonesia.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023 -
In addition to the release of hostages, a pause in fighting in Gaza is expected for humanitarian reasons, which could facilitate the evacuation of facilities caught in the fighting such as the Indonesian Hospital.
— Paul Schemm, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023 -
The populations in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesian Borneo are also declining rapidly.
— Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024 -
Sosebee said that several other Gaza hospitals are now out of fuel, including the Indonesian Hospital that has new operating theaters his organization helped build.
— Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023 -
At least 10 other projects using this same technology are already under development, according to the Indonesian Nickel Mining Association.
— Rebecca Tan, Dera Menra Sijabat and Joshua Irwandi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
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