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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A highlight was the INS Kursura, a Soviet-built, 300-foot submarine commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1969 that had been transformed into a museum ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
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
In March and April 1940, the INS was still under the Labor Department before it transferred to the Justice Department in May 1940.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
Most of the Central Americans go to reunite with a parent, say counselors at a detention center in Texas where the INS houses the largest number of the unaccompanied children it catches.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Be sure to check ins. etc. 10,000 ins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sewing is done with wire, twine, or withes at each end and in the middle, with stitches about 6 ins. long, as shown in Fig.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
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 Mackie, Charles
The tube was then raised 16 ins. and the operations repeated to form another layer.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
My impression is that they used riggers shorter by 2 ins. than those now in use.
From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
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