DOD

abbreviation

Department of Defense.

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Words nearby DOD

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Example sentences from the Web for DOD

At DoD he ran around with his hair practically on fire denouncing cuts to the defense budget in out-sized, apocalyptic terms.
Leon Panetta Is What’s Wrong With D.C.|Michael Cohen|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then money for the DOD program was sidelined by the sequestration budget cuts mandated by Congress, Retsky was told.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He adeptly shepherded some of the most legally and politically fraught policy matters at DOD.
Exclusive: Jeh Johnson Tapped to Lead Department of Homeland Security|Daniel Klaidman|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One of the reasons why I always felt so comfortable working for the DoD is that I always felt that I had some job security.
Sequester Furloughs Force Government Workers to Change Financial and Career Plans|Miranda Green|August 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

During that time, CIA and DOD operators would begin to work more closely together to ensure a smooth hand-off.
Exclusive: No More Drones for CIA|Daniel Klaidman|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I, being a Morrison like my brother-cousin, Dod, was debarred.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie|Andrew Carnegie
What occasion there was to be dod derned about it is a thing which is still as much of a mystery to me now as it was then.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Mr. Dod was depressed, so much so that he came to the point at once.
A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan
"It would have made such a complication if I'd kicked him," confessed Mr. Dod.
A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan
A round of blue paper under our chaperone's arm caught the eye of Mr. Dod.
A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for DOD

DOD

abbreviation for (in the US)

Department of Defense

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