INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
INS
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I.N.S.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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International News Service, a news-gathering agency: merged in 1958 with United Press to form United Press International.
ins.
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inches.
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Chiefly British. inscribed.
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inspector.
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insulated.
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insurance.
INS
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ins.
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INS data revealed two-thirds of apprehended workers labored in industrial and construction jobs, not agriculture as was conventionally believed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
In China, Tomorrowland has partnered with entertainment companies Hero Esports and INS Land, and was supported by local authorities keen to burnish the city's international hub credentials.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
While the INS sought to deny Lennon a visa based upon a prior criminal act, Khalil has no known arrests.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
But being the Labor Secretary who oversaw the INS was not “A dream that will need all the love you can give/ Every day of your life for as long as you live.”
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
This is what the INS calls "aging out."
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Be sure to check ins. etc. 10,000 ins.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hurdle is made by describing on the ground an arc of a circle of 8 ft. radius and on the arc driving 10 pickets, 8 ins. apart, covering 6 ft. out to out, Fig.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
The pickets may be larger; they are driven farther apart, 12 or 18 ins., and the brush may be heavier.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
Hales’s parents were conspicuous for their great height, his father being 6 ft 6 ins., and his mother 6 ft.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
Brass rings for suspension, length, 14 ins., width, 1¾ in.
From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Wm. B. Norman
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