ATM
1 Americanabbreviation
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atmosphere; atmospheres.
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atmospheric.
abbreviation
abbreviation
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automated teller machine
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asynchronous transfer mode: used in digital communications, etc
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text messaging at the moment
Usage
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A little queue had formed at the station ATM, where commuters were withdrawing cash to buy physical transit cards so they could get on the train.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
They were having group sessions that Catholic Charities called “culture bumps,” which covered topics from ATM use to 911 calls to funeral costs in America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
To date, mass AI-fueled layoffs among white-collar workers has yet to happen, which leads Schickling to believe “we remain closer to the ATM phase than the mobile banking phase.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
ATM offerings allow companies to slowly trickle new shares into the market rather than sell them in a big block.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
She could get an ATM card and balance her checkbook and start paying down her bills and save up for that two-story colonial on Greenwood that was already hers in her dreams.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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In daily practice, when it is only necessary to raise steam in boilers already full of hot water, the full pressure of 7 to 8 atm. is obtained in from twenty to twenty-five minutes.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
D'Aubuisson's formula would have given p1 - p = 0.284 atm., and M. Arson's would have given p1 - p = 0.4329 atm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
In practice steam can be raised from cold water to 3 atm. pressure—45 lb. per square inch—in twenty minutes.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
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