plural ABM's or ABMs ˌā-(ˌ)bē-ˈemz How to pronounce ABM (audio)

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Many of those workers marched down Ponce de Leon on Monday, chanting, singing and waving signs after it was announced that 364 of the chapter’s 516 members voted unanimously among those present to authorize a strike if contract negotiations with ABM stall later this week. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 Now, with the ability to use dynamic LLMs as agents, ABM is within reach for most companies. François Candelon, Fortune, 11 July 2025 Buying journeys unfold across multiple touchpoints—webinars, white papers, email campaigns, ABM platforms and more—all of which collect vast amounts of data. Shashi Kiran, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 The United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the ABM Treaty as part of SALT I, the first agreements limiting the nuclear arms race. Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025 Orla Murphy is co-founder of Maven B2B, a specialist ABM agency. Orla Murphy, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Influential if eccentric nuclear war strategist Herman Kahn used exactly this argument in print to help the humiliated McNamara when the earlier ABM system was announced. Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ABM was in 1963

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“ABM.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ABM. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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