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    AMS
    Agricultural Marketing Service.
  • A.M.S.
    A.M.S.
    abbreviation
    Army Medical Staff.
Synonyms

AMS

1 American  
  1. Agricultural Marketing Service.


A.M.S. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Army Medical Staff.


AMS British  

abbreviation

  1. Additional Member System: a voting system in which some candidates are elected for geographic constituencies and others are elected by proportional representation using party lists. The voter has two votes: one for a party and the other for a candidate in a constituency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Dubai-based AMS will carry out the repairs at its facilities in Ukraine using local engineers.

From Washington Times Dec. 19, 2023

Traces of such events are found on Earth or the Moon and can be detected using accelerator mass spectrometry, or AMS for short.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

The 29 returned to AMS, this time driven by grand marshal Richard Childress, 77, who was the team owner for Harvick in 2001.

From Seattle Times Jul. 9, 2023

The party initially struggled to find another auditor willing to take on the work, but eventually appointed Manchester-based firm AMS Accountants Group at the start of May.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2023

A.M. sometime fellow in german, columbia university AMS PRESS, INC.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

In an unprecedented gesture, the A.M.S. even invited Shi'ites to joint prayers on Friday.

From Time Magazine Archive

The A.M.S. and other Sunni groups were working with groups loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shi'ite leader and uncrowned king of Sadr City.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orthodox Montessorian Laughlin scorns Nancy Rambusch, confidently expects that the A.M.S. will die within three years.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Shall I go and see the Director-General, A.M.S., about it, sir?"

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell

The A.M.S. man touched his hip-pocket significantly, and said: "The drinks are on you."

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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