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Ms. (magazine)

Ms. is the American feminist magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes, debuted as a New York magazine insert in December 1971 and standalone July 1972; first mass-circulation feminist magazine, now a Feminist Majority Foundation quarterly.

Ms. 45

Ms. 45 (Angel of Vengeance) is Abel Ferrara's 1981 American rape-revenge thriller starring 17-year-old Zoë Lund as mute seamstress Thana, who takes a .45 pistol revenge spree through New York after two rapes; now a feminist cult classic.

Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite, born Niomi McLean-Daley (1981), is an English rapper and singer from north London who won the 2002 Mercury Prize for her debut album A Little Deeper, the first solo black female artist to do so, plus three MOBO Awards and two BRITs.

Ms. Hammurabi (미스 함무라비)

Ms. Hammurabi (미스 함무라비) is a 2018 JTBC Korean courtroom drama, 16 episodes, based on judge Moon Yu-seok's 2016 novel, starring Go Ara, Kim Myung-soo, and Sung Dong-il as judges of Seoul Central District Court's Civil Division 44.

Ms. Incognito

Ms. Incognito (착한 여자 부세미) is a 2025 South Korean romance crime drama. It stars Jeon Yeo Been as a bodyguard who enters a contract marriage.

Ms. Jackson

"Ms. Jackson" is a 2000 OutKast song, second single from Stankonia, written by André 3000, Big Boi, and David Sheats as an apology to Erykah Badu's mother; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won a 2002 Grammy.

Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel is the superhero identity of Kamala Khan, Marvel's first Pakistani-American Muslim hero to headline her own comic (2014), created by Sana Amanat and G. Willow Wilson, later adapted into the 2022 Disney+ series starring Iman Vellani.

Ms. Marvel (miniseries)

Ms. Marvel (2022) is a six-episode Marvel Studios Disney+ miniseries starring Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, Marvel Studios' first Muslim superhero, a Pakistani American teen in Jersey City; it holds 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and sets up The Marvels.

Ms. Olympia

Ms. Olympia is a professional women's bodybuilding contest, the women's counterpart to Mr. Olympia, held since 1980, discontinued after 2014, and reinstated at the 2020 Olympia.

Ms. Pac-Man

Ms. Pac-Man, 1982 arcade maze game (US release late 1981), began as GCC's Crazy Otto kit and was licensed by Midway. Four mazes, moving fruit, ghost Sue, randomized AI; over 125,000 cabinets, $1.2 billion, rights dispute with AtGames.

Ms. Pac-Man (character)

Ms. Pac-Man is the female Pac-Man character with bow, lipstick, and beauty mark, debuting in the 1982 arcade game created from GCC's Crazy Otto by Midway; first playable female game character, later subject of AtGames royalty disputes.

Ms. Pat

Ms. Pat (Patricia Williams-Lee), Atlanta-born comedian, author, podcaster, and actress; creator and star of BET+ sitcom The Ms. Pat Show; memoirs Rabbit and Ms. American Dream; Netflix special Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

Ms. Rachel

Ms. Rachel (Rachel Griffin Accurso, born 1982) is an American educator who created the YouTube series Songs for Littles in 2019 with husband Aron Accurso to support toddler speech and language development after their son's speech delay; nearly 16 million subscribers, Netflix series since 2025, debut album I'm So Happy.

Ms. Whitman

"Ms. Whitman" (Ms Whitman) is Bhad Bhabie's February 25, 2025 diss track against Alabama Barker, sampling Ye and Ty Dolla Sign's "Carnival"; the title mocks Alabama Whitman, the True Romance character Barker was named after.

Ms. X

Ms. X is a 2026 New Zealand dark comedy crime drama created by Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, starring Melissa George as Auckland mum Mia Bennett, whose scheme to scare her cheating husband turns deadly; six episodes, renewed with NZ On Air funding.

MS/TP

MS/TP (Master-Slave/Token-Passing) is the BACnet data link defined in Clause 9 of ANSI/ASHRAE 135, carrying frames over an RS-485 twisted-pair bus where only token-holding masters may originate messages.

MS&AD Insurance

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. is a listed Japanese holding company, formed in 2010, that owns one of Japan's three big non-life insurance groups, including Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance.

Msa Acceleration Partners

MSA Acceleration Partners is a Santa Monica, California private equity fund complex sponsored by MSA Advisors, whose flagship fund raised about $1.05 billion from 115 investors.

Msa China

MSA China refers to the China-focused venture capital funds of MSA Capital, a Beijing investment firm founded in 2014 that manages over $2 billion and backs startups in biotechnology and core technology.

MSBS study

MSBS study (NCT02699320): Intestinal Microbial Dysbiosis in Chinese Infants With Short Bowel Syndrome With Different Complications; completed 2016 Xinhua Hospital observational study of microbiota, bile acids, SCFAs, and immune markers in 18 infants plus 7 controls.

MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises, also known as MSC Crociere, is a Geneva-headquartered cruise line of the MSC Group, the world's third largest and Europe's leader, with 25 ships.

MSC Euribia

MSC Euribia is a cruise ship delivered to MSC Cruises by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 2023, the company's second LNG-powered vessel and fifth Meraviglia-series ship.

MSC Group

MSC Group, or Mediterranean Shipping Company, is a Geneva-based transport and logistics conglomerate founded in 1970 by Captain Gianluigi Aponte, whose container line is the world's largest carrier.

MSC Meraviglia

MSC Meraviglia is a cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises and the lead ship of the Meraviglia class, delivered in May 2017 by STX France at Saint-Nazaire.

MSC Seaside

MSC Seaside is a cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises, built by Fincantieri and delivered in 2017 as the first of two Seaside-class ships, the largest built in Italy at the time.

MSC-PBC-I/II trial

MSC-PBC-I/II (NCT07795151) is a Beijing 302 Hospital phase I/II trial of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells for UDCA-refractory primary biliary cholangitis: 68 participants, 3+3 dose escalation then blinded placebo-controlled phase II with composite ALP/bilirubin response at week 12.

MSCI

MSCI, formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International, is a financial-services company that licenses stock-market indexes like MSCI World and MSCI Emerging Markets, benchmarks for trillions in investments.

MSF time signal

The MSF time signal is the United Kingdom's dedicated time broadcast on 60 kHz from Anthorn, Cumbria, keeping radio-controlled clocks set to UK civil time.

MSG: The Messenger

MSG: The Messenger (MSG: The Messenger of God), 2015 Hindi film starring, written, and co-directed by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh; its FCAT clearance triggered CBFC resignations and a Punjab ban before its 13 February 2015 release.

MSH2

MSH2 (mutS homolog 2) is a human DNA mismatch repair gene on chromosome 2. Cloned in 1993, its pathogenic variants cause Lynch syndrome, Muir-Torre syndrome, and, biallelically, childhood cancer predisposition (CMMRD).