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
Are you worried that APB might lead cities or individual citizens to demand the kind of equipment and algorithms that the cops at the 13th Precinct have?
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2017
APB runs two dozen breweries in 14 countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.
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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