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G.P.O.

American  
Or GPO

GPO British  

abbreviation

  1. general post office

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

Because the GPO has been repealed, your wife’s teacher pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.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

In an opinion poll by GPO, conducted Aug. 22-24, 58.3% of those surveyed said the wiretapping scandal hurt their trust in the government while 40.6% said their confidence has not been shaken.

From Reuters Aug. 29, 2022

The GPO of this docudrama title refers to the General Post Office in Dublin, which was central to the 1916 Easter Rising of Irish Republicans against British rule.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2021

Intermountain is the parent company of GPO Intalere, Inc.

From Washington Times Sep. 6, 2018

The 1996 edition was printed by GPO and the 1997 edition was reprinted by GPO.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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