inst.
Americanabbreviation
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instantaneous.
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(usually initial capital letter) institute.
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(usually initial capital letter) institution.
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instructor.
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instrument.
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instrumental.
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Institute
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Institution
Example Sentences
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Thus we got on quietly on our way southward until Tuesday, the 16th inst., when we were 50 miles south and 100 miles west of port, and thought we might get in the next day.
From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2011
Hood's Place, Waverton, January 21st, 187— Sir, I regret to hear of the difficulties and disappointments which you tell me in your letter of the 19th inst. you are at present experiencing.
From The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms by Anonymous
She had left Bristol on the 8th inst., and on the 23d was making her triumphant entry into the port of New York.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
Sir:—Your letter of the 4th inst., relative to George W. Brown, has been received.
From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by Brown, George William
You will have received my letter of the 2d inst., enclosing you the unaccountable treaty betwixt Colonel Bradstreet and the Shawanese, Delawares, &c.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
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