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abbreviation

Department of Defense.

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Words nearby DOD

documentary, documentation, document reader, docusoap, docutainment, DOD, do-dad, Dodd, dodder, doddered, doddering

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How to use DOD in a sentence

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
"Yes, and I'd like to know how you come to mash my mouth so dod-rottedly," said Sneak, in well-affected ill nature.
Wild Western Scenes|John Beauchamp Jones
"You don't know—keep your mouth shet—dod—," said Sneak, suppressing the last word.
Wild Western Scenes|John Beauchamp Jones
Why you dod-gasted ol' rascal, I knew too durn well ye'd swindle me.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
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)
Dod dern my skin, i'll learn you to swell yourself up and blow around here about your dod-derned orders!
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for DOD

DOD

abbreviation for (in the US)

Department of Defense

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