abbreviation
Example Sentences
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“The internet is all about outrage. It is perfect for IS extremism that builds on grievances,” he said, using an abbreviation for the group.
An abbreviation of Archaeopteryx, a birdlike dinosaur, it started out making climbing harnesses.
People joke that the abbreviation Lao PDR means "Lao Please Don't Rush".
From Barron's
As a rule, any loan that had been turned into an acronym or abbreviation could more clearly be called a “subprime loan,” but the bond market didn’t want to be clear.
From Literature
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
