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
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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
Verb
  • But the Yankees and Skenes rumors won't stop, and most likely won't end, until he's either traded, signs an extension with the Pirates, or reaches free agency and chooses another team.
    Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Our programmer signs a standard intellectual property clause, found in virtually every American software contract, transferring all inventions made in the course of her employment to her employer.
    Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Founded in 1935, the Lake Forest Caucus vets residents interested in serving on city boards and commissions and endorses candidates for local offices, including mayor, City Council, and the city’s two local public school boards.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The cops are rendered so clueless and so steadfast in their stupidity, the series accidentally endorses ACAB.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Initials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initials. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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