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ACLU

American

Or A.C.L.U.

American Civil Liberties Union.
American College of Life Underwriters.

ACLU British

abbreviation

American Civil Liberties Union

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Example Sentences

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After 9/11, she worked for the ACLU, representing the Sikh community in a series of discrimination lawsuits.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The team that led this case up until this point has just been extraordinary and helped to prepare me for the oral argument, along with our co-counsel at the ACLU.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2025

"Rümeysa can now return to her beloved Tufts community, resume her studies, and begin teaching again," said Noor Zafar, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

In the words of the ACLU, the program amounted to “a discriminatory policy that ran counter to the fundamental American values of fairness and equal protection.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

By the time I left the ACLU, I had come to suspect that I was wrong about the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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