APB
Americannoun
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gaines has a key supporter in the art collector James Whitner, the chief executive of the Whitaker Group, the company behind the fashion labels A Ma Maniere, Social Status and APB.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
Week 1422 was essentially an APB for book, movie and song puns; the contest asked for them to be “collaborations” resulting in the tweaked name.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2021
June Thomas: In APB, an arrogant billionaire takes a job he’s really not qualified for.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2017
The stakes are high for Heineken as control over APB may more than double the share of profits it gets from Asia.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2012
“I promised my mother I’d be gone for forty minutes max, and if I’m late, she’ll freak and call the cops and put out an APB for me.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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