FAO
Americanabbreviation
-
Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)
-
for the attention of
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Cereal prices rose 2.6% last month, with wheat climbing on concerns over shrinking harvests and higher fuel and fertilizer costs, the FAO said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The FAO forecasts global fertiliser prices could average 15–20 percent higher in the first half 2026.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Elevated lead levels were the primary driver, and cadmium concentrations in bananas also surpassed FAO recommendations.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
At the Lego Store near FAO Schwarz’s spot in Midtown Manhattan, customers make custom toys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Its sandy soils have a low capacity for retaining water and a poor level of organic matter, as does the rest of the Congo River basin, according to the FAO.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.