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Asat

¹ American

[uh-suht] / ˈʌ sʌt /

noun

Hinduism.

(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.

ASAT ² American

[ey-sat] / ˈeɪˌsæt /

abbreviation

antisatellite.

Example Sentences

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Rayhan Asat, a human rights lawyer of Uyghur heritage, told the wire service.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2023

In Oxford, England, a video uploaded to Twitter by Uyghur human rights campaigner Rayhan Asat appeared to show another small vigil held outside the university town’s Bodleian Library on Sunday.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

“As I was reading the entire report, I was fighting back tears,” said Rayhan Asat, a Uyghur lawyer in Washington whose brother, Ekpar, was sentenced in 2020 to 15 years in prison in Xinjiang.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Rayhan Asat, a human rights lawyer based in the US whose brother Ekpar Asat has been in a prison camp since 2016, reacted to the report with "complex emotions".

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2022

“I did feel like history is repeating itself,” Asat said in a phone interview.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022

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