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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
The term “tradwife” is an abbreviation of “traditional wife” – often portrayed on these platforms as a white, married, stay-at-home mother.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
“Do you mean to say the ‘DD’?” the officer asked, referring to the abbreviation for a designated driver who would remain sober while others imbibed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025
It stood for “IN,” the official post office abbreviation for the Hoosier State.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
It was confusing and frustrating, full of obscure abbreviations and requiring way too many clicks to put in a simple order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
Other experiments included participants who rated their texting conversations with people who either were or weren't using abbreviations.
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
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