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Berks

British

/ bɑːks /

abbreviation

Berkshire

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Example Sentences

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I remember it clearly because I used this as an example in the principles of management class I taught that semester at Penn State University Berks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It was nearly half a century later, in August, when a Pennsylvania police detective tracked down Grubb's fingerprints, the Berks County Coroner’s Office said.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

While doing a periodic Facebook search for mentions of Long Pond still in stock, he stumbled upon a post from Young Ones Records in Berks County.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

ICE ended contracts with two little-used facilities named in both memos: the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania and Yuba County Jail in California.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023

Mr. Staniforth states that till the Oxford went to practise over the course, no one thought of steering an eight through the Berks channel, past ‘regatta’ island.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

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