initials

Example Sentences

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The woman requested to be identified by her middle and last initials, B.B., out of concern for her immigration case.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

As early as 1753, someone known only by his initials, C.M., had proposed in the Scots Magazine that electricity could be used to send messages down a wire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Chinese municipalities are rolling out policies to support AI-powered one-person companies, using the initials "OPC" -- a rare use of English in official policy.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

One trial held in California’s Superior Court focused on a single plaintiff, referred to by their initials KGM.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

This inventor, who gave his initials as R. T. E., envisioned a tower four thousand feet tall from which he proposed to hang a two-thousand-foot cable of “best rubber.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson