acronym
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“There seems to be a lot of FOMO,” he said, using the acronym for “fear of missing out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Brosseau wants to die by medically assisted dying, also known as euthanasia and in Canada, under the acronym MAID.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The Scientific Panel for the Global Energy Transition was amusingly dubbed the "Spaghetti" group because of its acronym -- SPGET.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
SaaSpocalypse is the portmanteau combining the acronym for software-as-a-service, SaaS, with apocalypse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
I had never before heard that Blood was an acronym.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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