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
"Medical jargon can be tricky, especially with abbreviations that differ across specialties. This is an even more difficult task when we refer to realistic hospital situations in which the room is not acoustically prepared."
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 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
As a practice, I prefer to avoid abbreviations and to write out numbers, as opposed to using numerals.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
