G.P.O.
abbreviation
G.P.O.
American
Or
GPO
GPO
British
abbreviation
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Mr. Blair said individuals who are eligible for a public pension and Social Security can estimate their future benefits by running the numbers on the W.E.P. and G.P.O. calculators.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
Last week, with a flurry of speeches, the G.P.O. inaugurated a cheap and simple system of transferring funds without cash or checks.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I feel tears coming because I’m looking at him at last, Cuchulain, there on his pedestal in the G.P.O.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
I ask the man what’s perfidy and he says ask your father and I would but we’re stopping outside a big building with columns and that’s the G.P.O.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Dad asks the driver if he’d mind going by way of the G.P.O. and the driver says, Is it a stamp you want or what?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Because the GPO has been repealed, your wife’s teacher pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
As a “temporary measure,” the GPO had removed the logs from its site while “our teammates scan other documents” for personally identifiable information, Somerset said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
Boon criticised the GPO for its process and on Wednesday the GPO slapped a defamation suit against the John Hopkins-trained physician.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2021
Created as a centennial commemoration, Fishamble’s production takes place at the actual GPO, which in 1916 had been occupied by the rebels for several days.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
The 1996 edition was printed by GPO, and the 1997 edition was reprinted by GPO.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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