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    NJ
    abbreviation
    New Jersey (approved especially for use with zip code).
  • N.J.
    N.J.
    abbreviation
    New Jersey.

NJ

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. New Jersey (approved especially for use with zip code).


N.J. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. New Jersey.


NJ British  

abbreviation

  1. New Jersey

"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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Some unavoidable costs still stung, though, like the $98 roundtrip NJ Transit fare to the stadium.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

NJ Transit warned passengers to expect schedule changes and diversions up to four hours before kickoff and three hours after the match.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

"A gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity and impossibly high prices," according to NJ Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, chief prosecutor for the state hosting next month's final.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Another proposed element of the Gateway Program is to directly connect Penn Station to more NJ Transit lines instead of a necessary transfer at the first stop in New Jersey, Secaucus Junction.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

Most people have cable tv, and there's only one carrier serving each area; downstate gets broadcast channels from Salisbury MD, and Wilmington gets the Philadelphia PA channels and the NJ PBS channel.

From Diamond Dust by Shearin, K. Kay

Pockets of resistance, including Bergen County, N.J., continue to prohibit most retailers from selling anything other than necessities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The company, based in Livingston, N.J., has borrowed a total of about $30 billion to fund both the 49 data centers it has online today as well as its future contracted deployments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

At the $23 midpoint of that price range, the Tinton Falls, N.J., company said it expects net proceeds of about $301 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The sky above the open-air stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., was noticeably clearer Friday and could improve even more with the heavy rains forecast for Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

He then established a laboratory and factory in Newark, N.J., for further experiments and for the manufacture of his inventions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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