initials

Definition of initialsnext
present tense third-person singular of initial
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  • While not all of the slowdown in box production can be attributable to falling demand for goods, the slump is present in other areas of the freight economy, said Adam Josephson, a longtime paper and packaging sell-side analyst who now authors an economics newsletter.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • The current inscribes some victims’ skin with mysterious scarlike patterns called Lichtenberg figures, which resemble the limbs of a barren tree—or the branching structure of lightning itself.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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  • With Tarrant County prices shifting and downtown high-rises competing with suburban subdivisions, the trade-offs deserve a closer look before anyone signs a contract.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • Brian Kemp signs 34 bills, trimming his backlog with days left to act on this year’s legislation.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
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  • Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • Amazon moved fast to board the project and the film will now be a big priority at the studio as Loeb pens the script.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Yousafzai pens a portrait of a young woman discovering her identity amid immense pressure.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • The Food and Drug Administration has approved the two-drug regimen to end pregnancies up to 10 weeks gestational age; the World Health Organization endorses it up to 12 weeks.
    Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2026
  • Please don’t fall for this con — even if the Labor Department endorses and promotes it.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Initials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initials. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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