OPM
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Office of Personnel Management.
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operations per minute.
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Slang. other people's money.
Example Sentences
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Let’s hope the OPM workforce-data model can be replicated to other key areas of government that could use a lot more oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
“I know that we will find new money. And it will be OPM — other people’s money,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
He said that the OPM was crafting smokescreens between itself and the layoffs to make them legal and refused to buy the line that the agency had no say in the widespread reduction in force.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
But Saturday night’s email from OPM is “voluntary” only if you ignore Musk’s threat from earlier that day, and the responses it invites are open-ended.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2025
Later on Saturday evening, a follow-up email was sent clarifying that the OPM message was "legitimate" and that "employees should be prepared to follow the instructions as requested".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
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