comms

British

/ kɒmz /

plural noun

informal communications

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Impressive agencies of many stripes noticed: advertising, branding, public affairs, strategic comms.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

This year, Ford is very excited about the truck’s 5G wi-fi comms, enabling over-the-air updates and other services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“These benefit if any version of orbital compute/space power ramps—because they sell the bus, payload integration, comms, and space-qualified components,” says Tuttle.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

As former head of BBC comms, John Shield put it to me "the DG job is one of the hardest in public life".

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Asher barks orders at us through our comms, and we split immediately.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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