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acronym

[ak-ruh-nim] / ˈæk rə nɪm /
NOUN
acrostic
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It is a Hebrew acronym for the words, “The Eternal One of Israel Doesn’t Lie.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

Wall Street is glomming on to yet another acronym inspired in part by Mexican cuisine.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 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

Printed upon the banner, in letters large enough to be read from the mainland, was the word LIVE—an acronym, obviously, for the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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