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AP
1 American
Or
A.P.
Ap.
2
American
abbreviation
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Apostle.
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Apothecaries'.
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April.
A/P
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American
Or
a/p
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account paid.
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accounts payable.
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authority to pay or purchase.
ap-
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American
ap-
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American
a.p.
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American
abbreviation
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additional premium.
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author's proof.
AP
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British
abbreviation
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Air Police
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Associated Press
a.p.
2
British
abbreviation
ap
3
British
/ æp /
prefix
ap-
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British
prefix
Etymology
Origin of a.p.2
Latin: before a meal
Origin of ap3
from Welsh mab son
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It’s so hot in Germany, the AP said, that the concrete on highways is breaking up, and officials urged people to avoid unnecessary train travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
An anonymous source at the Pentagon told AP News that the reversed decision had nothing to do with the outbreak and was just a coincidence.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The state media said parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and central bank and oil officials would attend, the AP stated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
"Is this really a ceasefire?" another cousin, Mohammad Safadi, asked the AP.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Rafe, however, went from looking triumphant over his future AP test to looking absolutely horrified.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Thus Skr. mrakṣaṇam, Ap. makkhaṇu, H. makkhan, but G. mākhaṇ, butter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
It was commonly written with one letter; as A. for Aulus: C. for Caius—sometimes with two; as Ap. for Appius.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
In Ap. the word may be spelt with one or with two ls, which accounts for the variations of spelling in the modern languages.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
As another example of a tadbhava word, we may take the Skr. nom. ghōṭas, Ap. ghōḍu, H. ghōṛ, a horse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The City Council ap- proved the new district lines in December after reworking a significant portion of a draft map submitted several weeks earlier by a 21-member citizens commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
With almost 175 cases per judge, the Fifth is now well beyond the 80 a year said to be tops for efficient ap- pellate judges.
From Time Magazine Archive
The president's audience, numbering some 1,500 distinguished scientists, twittered and tittered with ap- preciation�for the president was Edward of Wales.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, historian at Harvard, does not ap- prove of either of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little while later I’m watching the boys play with sticks in a patch of grass at the edge of the driveway, when Mariana ap- proaches me.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
On Tuesday, Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor warned "all options" were on the table if progress was not at the scale and pace it expected to see.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Earlier this month Wales' health minister Mabon ap Gwynfor held a summit with health bosses, universities and professional bodies to discuss the issue.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Plaid Cymru First Minister Rhun ap Iowerth said it "was not a great start".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The government, led by First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth, has not said exactly when babies aged nine months will benefit, or what could be cut to afford the plan.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
From childhood John ap William and Myfanwy Gwenllian had been companions.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice
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