How to Use acronym in a Sentence

acronym

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  • It's not known at this time what the right-wing acronym is.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • The key to this is the first part of the acronym: high intensity.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • To reflect and act on this role, DEI is the perfect acronym.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Here's what the acronym means and how to use it in conversation.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • What does 'tbh' mean?Here's what the acronym means and how to use it in conversation.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The rest of the acronym is for science, engineering and math.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The couple got the new name as an acronym of their children's' names: Hadassah, Eva, and Noah.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022
  • At the top of the list isn't actually a word, but an acronym: G.O.A.T., or greatest of all time.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Prevention is in the name of the CDC, if not its acronym; now is a time for the agency to step up and be worthy of that name.
    — Dave A. Chokshi, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
  • But for most executives, the die is cast on the acronym ESG, and there’s no turning back.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 8 June 2023
  • In recent years, many have added I and A — intersex and asexual — to the acronym.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The room was dark, so attendees had trouble making out both the slides and a handout covered in acronyms.
    — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Shopping for a new TV can be a daunting process, with a host of acronyms and tech specs to brush up on and compare between models.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Thomas didn’t end up winning any of the four awards, but his acronym would eventually find its way to the mainstream.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The meatball—a sphere of stars, a red chevron, and a comet orbiting the agency’s acronym—came first, in 1959, and was attached to spacesuits and capsules.
    — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But most people around town simply referred to the college by its old acronym: BFIT.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Some might choose an acronym rooted in the purpose and mission to identify and align your values.
    — Jeff Giagnocavo, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The event centers on the four pillars of the C.A.M.P. acronym: community, art, music and picnic.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • So scientists have tried for years to find ways to break down PFAS, an acronym for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • One fan held a sign with a simple, relevant acronym: Ponies Are Coming.
    — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Guterres’s office said in a statement, using an acronym for the North’s formal name.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
  • There are a lot of asterisks and ‘FMLs,’ and the text language is very much distilled down into acronyms that use profanity.
    — Karen Idelson, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Daesh is an Arabic-language acronym for the Islamic State.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Each dress bears an acronym with the initials of their seamstress: Irene, Antonietta.
    — Concita De Gregorio, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • The group was founded in the 1980s and named after an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • While the nickname gained traction around that time, widespread utilization of the GOP acronym didn’t come for at least another 10 years.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes the investment world creates an acronym or term to describe trends.
    — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The spokesperson used the acronym for China's official name, the People's Republic of China.
    — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • As my colleague Matt Ford has written, acronym bills are typically the work of the unhinged or the unserious.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The acronym stands for bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Sep. 2023

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