The technician tagged the generator as N/S and scheduled it for repair.

During the commissioning ceremony, the crew proudly painted N/S Vanguard on the bow to denote the vessel's nuclear propulsion.

On the archival label, the region was listed as N. S., which historians say is an alternative form used in the nineteenth century.

The dictionary lists N. S. as a variant used in British texts.

After the hurricane, volunteers from across the country traveled to N. S. W. to assist with the cleanup.