p.o.r.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Portland General Electric POR 2.86%increase; green up pointing triangle has struck a deal to buy the wind, natural-gas generation and distribution assets of Berkshire Hathaway’s PacifiCorp unit in Washington state for $1.9 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
A POR is typically used when designing hospitals, research facilities and similar buildings.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
A total of 2.6 million people used a POR service at least once a week, and while 6.5 million people said they had heard of W-Fi radio, only 2% claimed to own one.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2010
On the day after the New York power failure last November, it was on Chalk's order that El Diario ran a black front page with the white words: POR QUE?
From Time Magazine Archive
Isabella's stamps were temporarily overprinted with the words "HABILITADO POR LA NACION," and when the stock was exhausted, a new design, bearing an allegorical head typifying Liberty and Spain, became current.
From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie
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