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  • M.R.E.
    M.R.E.
    abbreviation
    Master of Religious Education.
  • MRE
    MRE
    abbreviation
    meal ready to eat, a US military precooked ration pack

M.R.E.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Religious Education.


MRE British  

abbreviation

  1. meal ready to eat, a US military precooked ration pack

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Art, in “Station Eleven,” is the human soul conserved in M.R.E. form for future consumption.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2021

Many M.R.E. sellers are hoping to capitalize on this spike in awareness to get civilians to think of the rations beyond the military context, and associate them with camping, hiking or emergency situations.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2021

Blair Calder, the owner of Meal Kit Supply in Buffalo, buys M.R.E. components and repackages them in his own retort pouches — a common means of working around the commercial-resale ban.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2021

Warming an M.R.E. doesn’t fill the room with inviting aromas — all you’ll smell is the metallic odor of the magnesium and iron inside the heater.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2021

“There is too much of a stigma around the actual M.R.E. itself,” said Steven Cyros, the founder of M.R.E.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2021

At that time, MRE claimed, the average wholesale price for electricity was more than 36p/kWh, making the price for end users higher still.

From BBC May 18, 2023

MRE said CBP guards have reportedly badgered at least three other reporters in airports in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, in the past year.

From Fox News Oct. 4, 2019

The cheese and veggie omelet MRE is basically that, only marginally less poisonous.

From Slate May 6, 2019

After the first year of Menu Item No. 4’s production, miniature bottles of Tabasco sauce were included in the MRE package.

From Slate May 6, 2019

But Digger would turn all that good food down in a heartbeat for a pack of MRE rations.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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