How to Use acronym in a Sentence

acronym

noun
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  • The Russian athletes, their country punished for a doping scandal, walked in flagless and under an acronym.
    — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
  • Today the organization, known by its acronym in Amharic, Agohelma, is one of the largest nonprofits in Ethiopia.
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
  • It's not known at this time what the right-wing acronym is.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • Its name is an acronym that stands for City at Peace in the Arts.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Experts use the acronym FAST (face, arms, speech, time to call the doctor) to describe what to do in the event of a stroke.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 17 May 2022
  • Here's what the acronym means and how to use it in conversation.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The acronym had been tweaked so that inside one of the letters was a Jewish star.
    — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022
  • What does 'tbh' mean?Here's what the acronym means and how to use it in conversation.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • And in 2010, the group added South Africa, completing the acronym as it is known today.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The name of the company is an acronym for love yourself.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • But, real or not, the GRC acronym is visible on the bus.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • This isn’t the first time SHRM has changed its diversity acronyms.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • The electric-curious car buyer will want to know a few key terms—and acronyms.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 May 2024
  • But for most executives, the die is cast on the acronym ESG, and there’s no turning back.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 8 June 2023
  • As many medical researchers may tell you, one of the keys to a good study is coming up with a good acronym for the study.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • The four-letter code worked like an acronym of the different parts of the character.
    — Jing Tsu, Wired, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The first hint is the title, which, at a staggering four words, is long enough to merit an acronym.
    — The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The name is an acronym for buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth.
    — David Williams, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • If your loins are stirred by this acronym, then Diwan very much has your number.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
  • In recent years, many have added I and A — intersex and asexual — to the acronym.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Hill went on to explain that their co-star Jennifer Lawrence had to clear things up, letting Streep know what the acronym meant.
    — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Back in 2013, there had been nearly a thousand rebel groups, an alphabet soup of acronyms.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • One task involved coming up with funny acronyms for a string of letters.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 10 July 2024

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