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a recording of musical abbreviations that introduces the listener to the great composers
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Published on March 13, 2025 By Will Sabel Courtney
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Few three-letter abbreviations command as much respect in the automotive world as AMG.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
Access The Athletic’s guide for abbreviations used in fantasy baseball.
—Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Paddy is an abbreviation of Pádraig, the Irish spelling of Patrick.
—Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
Mercosur is the Spanish abbreviation for the Southern Common Market, a regional trade bloc made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
Access The Athletic’s guide for abbreviations used in fantasy baseball.
—Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Paddy is an abbreviation of Pádraig, the Irish spelling of Patrick.
—Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
Mercosur is the Spanish abbreviation for the Southern Common Market, a regional trade bloc made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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According to summary provided by the House speaker’s office, the bill includes financial support for special education, bilingual education and pre-kindergarten and a $395 increase in the base amount schools get per student, known as the basic allotment.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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On the order summary page, paste your promo code into the Discount Code or Gift Card box, and click Apply to see your savings.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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Two weeks after that, the mother of another student — the same girl whose name was allegedly written in condensation on the window of Taylor’s car — pulled her out of his math class.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Rather than producing a single shockwave, Koch and his co-authors discovered that the unique sound occurs because popping the lid produces a vibrating standing wave, thanks to condensation within the bottleneck, according to a paper published in the journal Physics of Fluids.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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