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
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
Former INS commissioner Doris Meissner, in an interview with Salon, noted similar issues that a second Trump administration would face, citing three problematic categories.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
He answers that the INS has no records of birth or entry or naturalization for nearly three dozen of them and their families.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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