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
Verb
  • Now, Gilman signs a long-term deal with one of the Chargers’ biggest rivals.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • We have long been taught that energy security is a matter of geography, defined by who owns the land, who controls the straits, and who signs the treaties.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 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
  • Rabbi Laurence Bazer, who endorses Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis and cantors as military chaplains through the Jewish Chaplains Council, said Jewish groups are working together on the issue.
    Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Written in English and Spanish, the declaration endorses efforts to strengthen regional cooperation in combating transnational criminal organizations and narcotics trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Initials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initials. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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