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The word "acronyms" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to words or abbreviations that are formed from the initial letters of other words (such as NASA, which stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration). For example, you could say, "I was surprised to learn so many acronyms related to space exploration."
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acronyms
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Third person singular of acronym
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I don't think I could say which is the party of the NHS, I really don't Deborah Lee speaks quickly and punctuates her sentences with acronyms.
"We were required in the air force to attend this class prior to getting out of the military to inform us, update our resumes, our cover letters, things of that nature, and make sure that we weren't walking out using acronyms.
Graeme Virtue This week, Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher and his team are tasked with tackling "inclusivity targets" for a cross-parliamentary watchdog; soon the acronyms are flowing like skinny soya macchiatos.
O'Neill had invented the acronyms Bric and Mint for developing world economies; he was also a Mancunian and one specialising in urban economics.
Besides getting rid of the acronyms, veterans should also figure out how to explain their military role in plain language.
If you need to collect revenue, drown the proposals in subclauses and tortuous acronyms so no one notices the money disappearing from their pockets.
Even outside the pantomime season, or possibly because of the pantomime season, no honour, out of the blizzard of honorific acronyms and archaisms that surges bianually out of Buckingham Palace, is cherished like that of dame.
PSC, DGE, CFSP, EUMS, CIVCOM – an endless stream of acronyms, drafts and position papers feeds the inner circle of the Brussels security apparatus.
The coroner, Lady Justice Hallett, had already criticised the use of jargon and acronyms, telling the inquests last week: "This isn't just somebody being pedantic about the use of English… I don't know whether a crew manager is somebody who is responsible for supplies or is used to fighting fires.
If you talk to any veteran, we have a million acronyms for everything," says Nick Marriott, who served six years in the US air force.
It is called, with that delight in creating forced acronyms that plagues many branches of science, "sensing of phage-triggered ion cascade", or SEPTIC.
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