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Her last name is an abbreviation of the words shtuchniy intelekt, Ukrainian for artificial intelligence.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The program, known by the abbreviation DASP, is Mayor Mike Johnston’s signature initiative to support a small fraction of the nearly 43,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since December of 2022, many of them fleeing economic strife and political violence in Venezuela.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2024
Some are abbreviations, such PITA (not the bread, but Pain In The Ass); TDTM (Talk Dirty to Me) and LMA0 (Laughing My Ass Off).
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024
The name is an abbreviation of the two ingredients, soju and maekju, which translates to beer.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The program, known by the abbreviation DASP, is Mayor Mike Johnston’s signature initiative to support a small fraction of the nearly 43,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since December of 2022, many of them fleeing economic strife and political violence in Venezuela.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2024
Some are abbreviations, such PITA (not the bread, but Pain In The Ass); TDTM (Talk Dirty to Me) and LMA0 (Laughing My Ass Off).
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024
The name is an abbreviation of the two ingredients, soju and maekju, which translates to beer.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Abbreviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abbreviation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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