gals.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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“Theatre gals. We met doing a play in New Jersey. I think I was still in high school.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014
In Delaware, where the Uruguayan tanker Presidente Rivera ran aground and spilled 300,000 gals. of heavy No. 6 oil, about 70% had been cleaned up.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The sentence should have read: "Zarchin claims a $10,000 plant could turn out 1,000 gals., etc."
From Time Magazine Archive
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RPMKNOTSGPHDB-A9005.81.76612007.43.36615008.84.86718009.69.167210013.412.672240017.516.473270021.719.476300025.422.677330028.730.177355031.434.679Speeds measured by GPS on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Md., w/four adults aboard, 10 gals. water and 80 gals. fuel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Put in about 20 gals. of water and cook until it is thoroughly done.
From Home Pork Making by Fulton, A. W.
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