abbreviations

Example Sentences

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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

"We thought texters might like abbreviations because it would convey an informal sense of closeness, so we were surprised that abbreviations elicited negative perceptions about people who use them."

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

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

Recently, she’s been using text abbreviations out loud sometimes, even though she never uses them in actual text messages.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli