abbreviation

Example Sentences

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People joke that the abbreviation Lao PDR means "Lao Please Don't Rush".

From Barron's

The intelligence agency, known by the abbreviation SUPO, said in a statement that Russian intelligence has been “squeezed” in the Nordic country because of the agency’s ability to compromise spy operations in 2022.

From Seattle Times

“The I.P.C.C. makes plain that continuing to build new unabated fossil fuel power plants would seal that fate,” he added, using the abbreviation for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

From New York Times

Its name was a German abbreviation for the party's full name, the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

From Salon

“This suspension is unacceptable. I know the work of MSF and NRC well, and they are internationally respected,” she wrote, using the French abbreviation for Doctors Without Borders.

From Washington Post