FDR
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Words to be inscribed alongside those of FDR and Churchill, no doubt.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
FDR had led an unprecedented crackdown on Wall Street, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
FDR felt compelled to dramatically reconfigure our economic norms at the time to pull us out of the Great Depression.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
But, Rauchway warns, Newsom needs to be more like FDR and “put a sign on it” when he puts values into action.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
The whole family would probably have their faces all huge on a billboard, right off the FDR Drive, and everywhere they went, people would know everything about them.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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