initials

Definition of initialsnext
present tense third-person singular of initial

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Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • While the Williams-Washington dispute appears to have been resolved, the underlying dispute of a college threatening to sue a star athlete for switching schools after the athlete signs a revenue share deal could easily play out again.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • As the moon shifts signs, your focus follows.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yousafzai pens a portrait of a young woman discovering her identity amid immense pressure.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The series kicks off when Dale Washberg (Tim Blake Nelson), a member of a powerful Oklahoma family, pens a suicide note, hides it inside a book on his shelves, and then shoots himself in the head.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once a behemoth of culture and a refuge from politics, the center now endorses a narrow vision of art and espouses a MAGA agenda.
    Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Cornyn has played up his ties to Trump and says if the president endorses him, the primary effectively is over.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Initials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initials. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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