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In that payment, a "Peter Mandelson" is named on the account as "BEN", which is often an abbreviation for beneficiary.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
An abbreviation of Archaeopteryx, a birdlike dinosaur, it started out making climbing harnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
People joke that the abbreviation Lao PDR means "Lao Please Don't Rush".
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
But the abbreviation “DEI” feels cold in comparison, more clinical — a harsh staccato against softer words like inclusion or fairness.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025
The 1300 is 1:00 p.m., written according to a twenty-four-hour clock—and PD stands for “Pirate’s Den,” an abbreviation I know well.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
It used telegraph lines to report transactions in almost real time, printing them out on rolls of tape in abbreviations that insiders could interpret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Castellanos said Quintana’s account would post Instagram stories with “symbols or abbreviations which coincided with intersections allowing for all to respond in a flash mob fashion and overwhelm the location.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Indians are fond of their abbreviations and acronyms and you’re likely to come across a fair few of those in this live page.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
They said navigating the state’s social services system has been time-consuming and, Rick Elskamp said, “All their acronyms and abbreviations are a whole new language.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Obviously writers cannot avoid abbreviations and technical terms altogether.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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