How to Use abbreviation in a Sentence

abbreviation

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  • If two pieces can move to the same square, the starting file is added to the piece abbreviation.
    — Isaac Aronow, New York Times, 13 June 2022
  • Is the word in question an abbreviation for a longer word?
    — Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2012
  • The first name of someone whose last name is the same as the last name of someone whose first name is the abbreviation of a kind of juice.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • But there are others which have dropped out of use or which remain as mere abbreviations.
    — Anthony Grant, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The name of the band is an abbreviation of street names in the heart of Tulsa’s Black business district.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2021
  • State whose postal abbreviation might come as a surprise?
    — Robyn Weintraub, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Hopefully, someone gives the trio whose name comes from city abbreviations one of those shirts.
    — Chris Haghirian, kansascity, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Spitzer said the N-word in its entirety but an abbreviation for f—.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Does anyone still need to look up the abbreviation PPE?
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The name Antifa is an abbreviation of the phrase anti-fascist.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Why can’t people use the correct word instead of some abbreviation?
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This year's abbreviation is easily changeable and could be used against you.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The act of editing is one of abbreviation, of cutting, of being selective.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2018
  • And some said their preferred abbreviation is tied up with nostalgia.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Hope and Stoops had been joking about phrases and abbreviations that friends from high school would write in each other’s yearbooks.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • On the top right corner was the abbreviation EPD for en paz descanse — rest in peace.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Prescott is leaning more toward the Matts on this list, if Stafford doesn’t mind that abbreviation.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Like the military, the M.T.A. is fond of abbreviations and acronyms.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
  • All of the jerseys will be individualized, with the player’s team logo and city abbreviation on the left chest and the Nike swoosh on the right.
    — Victoria Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
  • Payne responds, using the abbreviation for probable cause, which police must have to get a warrant for search and seizure.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The church releases a new style guide noting its preference for using the full name of the church and discouraging the use of any other nickname or abbreviation.
    — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The jerseys featured a three-letter abbreviation for the team, with a two-button Henley look and floral trim on each sleeve.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • Pak Topo,’’ a moniker that combined abbreviations of his name and the Indonesian word for mister.
    — Stephen Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2019
  • New abbreviations, slang and acronyms seemingly pop up every day.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • The brand’s moniker—an acronym of the three friends and menswear industry vets’ last names and an abbreviation for summer—is itself an ode to all things sun-baked and breezy.
    — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 1 July 2021
  • Nicholson said in a statement on Sunday, referring to an abbreviation of the group’s name in Afghanistan.
    — Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2017
  • Check out our helpful guide to common crochet abbreviations.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And the cipher is no cipher at all, but simply abbreviations that, once decoded, turn out to be medicinal recipes.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2017
  • There are many ways a clue can indicate an abbreviation, initialism or acronym.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • The pages of documents, rife with abbreviations and medical jargon, left her as puzzled as before.
    — Jed Lipinski, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017

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