G.P.O.
abbreviation
G.P.O.
American
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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
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
A GPO poll on May 6 showed the ruling conservative New Democracy was set to get 36.9% of the vote on May 21, compared with 30.4% for leftist Syriza, its main rival.
From Reuters ● May 15, 2023
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 new exhibit at GPO Witness History offers an immersive look at the 1916 Easter Uprising from underneath the General Post Office, which served as the rebel headquarters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 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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