HWM

American

Or H.W.M.,

high-water mark.

HWM British

abbreviation

high-water mark

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Aircraft engine companies such as GE Aerospace GE 0.81%increase; green up pointing triangle , Howmet Aerospace HWM 2.21%increase; green up pointing triangle and Woodward WWD -0.27%decrease; red down pointing triangle also sell land-based aeroderivative turbines or components.

From The Wall Street Journal

A quick scan of the shelves, couches and cafe proved HWM correct.

From Washington Post

Federal records state that Cornett allowed the employee, 31-year-old Justin Mize of Tennessee, to crawl into an auger hole at the Commonwealth Mining LLC Tinsley Branch HWM 61 mine in 2014.

From Washington Times

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