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CRO

British  

abbreviation

  1. cathode-ray oscilloscope

  2. (in Britain) Community Relations Officer

  3. Criminal Records Office

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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CRO is based in Clapham and provides services across the Yorkshire Dales National Park, extending into Lancashire and Cumbria.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Executives at Sciwind, for instance, say that the company is located nearby its CRO, allowing them to check on research progress daily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“At the core of our dour near-term thesis is the view that Meta’s stepped-up investment cycle will not generate sufficiently strong returns,” MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson wrote Tuesday, ahead of the CRO news.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025

The subject of their conversation was crypto, namely the aforementioned “reward token,” CRO, for paying guests.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2025

Deepa Arora, CEO of an Indian CRO named Clinexel, who attended the meeting, says she welcomes clear guidelines.

From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024

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