D.P.A.
Americanabbreviation
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The administration had used the D.P.A. to compel experienced ventilator producers to share their production techniques with neophytes, leading to one of its signature supply-chain successes in rapidly expanding ventilator production.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2020
“It’s D.P.A. by impulse,” said Jeffrey Bialos, a former under secretary of defense for industrial affairs for the Clinton administration.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2020
“We cooperated fully with the Hamburg D.P.A. throughout its investigation.”
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2013
The competition between the agencies could heat up in September, when D.P.A. completes the consolidation of three main offices — in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin — at new offices in the capital.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2010
For now, most other publishers seem to be sticking with D.P.A.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2010
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