INS
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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.
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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.
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Example Sentences
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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
By contrast, ICE, which evolved from the INS interior enforcers, their goal was to find people who had made it past Border Patrol, or who had overstayed a visa, and take those people into custody.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
The INS reported that apprehending about 1.1 million people, while other estimates suggest that as many as 1.5 million people were deported.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
Soon after, Santos is snared in an INS raid of day laborers waiting for work on a street corner and deported.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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