FDR
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Still, even if Ms. Spanberger possessed the rhetorical skills of FDR or Reagan, she would look small.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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 presidents with the highest “fearless dominance” ranking will be familiar: Teddy Roosevelt, JFK, and FDR.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 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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