How to Use abbreviation in a Sentence

abbreviation

noun
  • 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
  • But there are others which have dropped out of use or which remain as mere abbreviations.
    — Anthony Grant, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2019
  • What is the correct way to spell the abbreviation for the word until?
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Each fighter has a dozen stats to consider, and the game leans into abbreviations and tiny icons for each.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
  • One set of messages fully spelled out our inquiry; the other set was filled with abbreviations.
    — David Fang, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Do not send pictures, videos, emojis, group messages, slang, abbreviations or web links.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • Some of the search fields can be thrown off by abbreviations and misspellings, so searches may require a few different tries.
    — Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 July 2025
  • Prescott is leaning more toward the Matts on this list, if Stafford doesn’t mind that abbreviation.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The name is an abbreviation of the two ingredients, soju and maekju, which translates to beer.
    — Jillian Dara, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The name of the band is an abbreviation of street names in the heart of Tulsa’s Black business district.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The name Antifa is an abbreviation of the phrase anti-fascist.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The simplistic design lacked team logos and showed a city abbreviation with the team color behind them, with the score next to them.
    — Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • 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 act of editing is one of abbreviation, of cutting, of being selective.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2018
  • This is the page in the racing program full of numbers, abbreviations and lines that looks intimidating at first.
    — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Paddy is an abbreviation of Pádraig, the Irish spelling of Patrick.
    — Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Their kids would help them with how to make texts look legitimate down to the punctuation, the abbreviations and the correct emojis.
    — Amy Amatangelo, Parents, 1 June 2026
  • Toni is an abbreviation of her baptismal name, Anthony.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • If your location is set to Thailand, the team abbreviations appear in Thai.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • The collective’s name is taken from the abbreviation of the Latin phrase Alis volat propriis.
    — Michael Alberty | , oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Another downside is that many acronyms are not unique, so the same abbreviation can mean different things, even within a single field, said Kragh.
    — Clarissa Brincat, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026

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