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  • EMS
    EMS
    abbreviation
    emergency medical service.
  • Ems
    Ems
    noun
    a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)
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EMS

American  

abbreviation

  1. emergency medical service.

  2. Digital Technology. enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.

  3. European Monetary System.

  4. express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).


EMS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. European Monetary System

  2. enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones

"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

Ems 2 British  
/ ɛmz /

noun

  1. a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)

  2. a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)

"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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According to a report from Greenville, S.C., police, Zach was “very emotional” as paramedics attempted to revive Panettiere, and Brian “did not become emotional until EMS declared her officially deceased.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“It’s protecting our water, our EMS, our roads. Also protecting our county by making sure that our county has adequate legal representation when sitting across the table and negotiating with companies like SpaceX.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

It was, recalled the EMS dispatcher on duty that night in Queens, “a horror.”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

According to the EMS dispatch audio from June 14, emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washington, D.C., residence for an “unconscious” person, with one dispatcher stating there was “CPR in progress” for a “cardiac arrest.”

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Outside, kids waiting to board their buses formed an aisle that led to the rear of the EMS unit.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

On Curtis’s closed set, a dungareed world of Lillies and Berties and Cols and Ems, trays of brownies circulate and the chat is about who slept with who once but stayed friends.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2017

When Hanson presents his forecast in public, one question always comes up: what’s to stop the Ems killing us off?

From The Guardian ● May 24, 2016

ER: I don’t know about you, Ems, but I find that more onstage.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2015

Visitors look at Chinese artist He Xiangyu's work "The Death of Marat" featuring the corpse of Ai Weiwei on October 28, 2011 in Bad Ems, western Germany.

From Time ● Nov. 4, 2011

I was on the ground, looking at Aunt Ems sandaled feet.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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