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abbreviation

[uh-bree-vee-ey-shuhn] / əˌbri viˈeɪ ʃən /


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Jackson’s music videos — “short films,” he preferred to call them — did that too, in abbreviation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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

CMAT's stage name is pretty simple when you think about it, it's simply an abbreviation of her name - Clara Mary-Alice Thompson.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

It stood for “IN,” the official post office abbreviation for the Hoosier State.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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