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ARP

1 American  
  1. Stock Exchange. adjustable-rate preferred.


Arp 2 American  
[ahrp] / ɑrp /

noun

  1. Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.

  2. Hans or Jean 1888?–1966, French painter and sculptor.


Arp British  
/ arp /

noun

  1. Jean (ʒɑ̃) or Hans (hans). 1887– 1966, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet, cofounder of the Dada movement in Zürich, noted particularly for his abstract organic sculptures based on natural forms

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Rather than fight, some of the country’s largest firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, chose to cut deals with the administration to perform tens of millions of dollars in work for the White House.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Arps countered that plenty of people spend time in localities — and pay sales or other taxes — but don’t get to vote there.

From Washington Times

They said the resolution of the first images—showing Arp 282, a pair of galaxies some 319 million light-years from Earth—was better than expected.

From Science Magazine

Musk “must have a complete and accurate understanding of the very core of Twitter’s business model — its active user base,” stated the lawyers from the firm Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.

From Washington Post

The brand’s name is polysemic, deriving from the ARP 2600 modular synthesizer, the Greek word for harp and the work of the German French artist Jean Arp.

From New York Times