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

“CHAdeMO,” an abbreviation of “CHArge de MOve,” equivalent to “charge for moving,” was designed by carmakers primarily in Japan.

From Reuters

Weapons factories, known as “KaPaSa,” an abbreviation of the local name for the Directorate of Defense Industries, draw on components such as fuses, optical sights and detonating caps imported from India and China.

From Seattle Times