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ATS

¹ American

Auxiliary Territorial Service (organized in 1941 for women serving in the British army; became part of army in 1949 as WRAC).

A.T.S. ² American

abbreviation

American Temperance Society.
American Tract Society.
American Transport Service.

Example Sentences

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On Aug. 5, 2024, Blue Ocean ATS, an alternative trading system known as BOATS, experienced a temporary outage at around 1:45 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

Even when your application status gets mysteriously changed from “received” to “under consideration,” any forward motion in ATS purgatory is usually an illusion.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

She said she was the only member of the ATS to be sent to Washington, describing it as a "tremendous honour".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

For children seeking care at a California urban pediatric health center, extreme heat events were associated with increased asthma hospital visits, according to research published at the ATS 2024 International Conference.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

Our train companions were an American, Howard Sorrel and an ATS girl whose name now eludes me.��

From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John

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