Sentence examples for know it stands from inspiring English sources

And one's enjoyment of a Nascar race is hardly diminished if you do not know it stands for the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

Based on what we know, it stands to reason that on a percentage basis in every way possible, cheats won, even when they squared off.

Now as his presidency comes to a close, Mr. Clinton's contentious drive to "end welfare as we know it" stands as an embodiment of his broader approach to the problems of poverty and race.

A16 NATIONAL A18-29 Wasfare Reform Was Heart Of Clinton War on Poverty As his presidency comes to a close, Bill Clinton's contentious drive to "end welfare as we know it" stands as the embodiment of his broader approach to the problems of poverty and race.

Life as we know it stands opposition to a constant downward force.

Most people don't know it stands for Harry Potter and assume it stands for Hewlett Packard (like, what?) or when I'm in Spain, "hijo de puta," which is kinda funny, but I'm not that crude.

6. Rebekah Brooks, the former head of the U.K.'s News International, said British Prime Minister David Cameron signed text messages to her with "LOL," but that he didn't know it stood for "laugh out loud".

If his brother knew, it stands to reason that Alexi should also have known.

Religious freedom as we have known it stands in the balance this week as the United States Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the cases of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius and Conestoga Woods v. Sebelius.

It did not sell its loans into securitizations, so it knew it stood to lose if a loan went bad.

They almost certainly knew it stood no chance in the Senate.