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
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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
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Hughes-Castleberry: There are very few records about him, and most are in Indonesian.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2023
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The move came after heavy fighting and bombardment in northern Gaza, where the Indonesian Hospital is based.
—NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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An interpreter in the classroom translated between Indonesian and Mandarin.
—Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
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Each bottle contained a pen, cigarettes, hard candy and interview questions written in English, Chinese and Indonesian.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
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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
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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
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The populations in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesian Borneo are also declining rapidly.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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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
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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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