NSA

American

Or N.S.A.

abbreviation

National Security Agency.
National Shipping Authority.
National Standards Association.
National Student Association.
negative security assurance.

Example Sentences

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By 26, he was breaking Russian codes for the NSA during the Cold War.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

Her 2014 film, “Citizenfour,” which won the Academy Award for documentary feature, captured NSA contractor Edward Snowden during his exposure of the U.S. government’s mass surveillance program.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The ministry accused the NSA of exploiting weaknesses in the messaging service of an unspecified foreign mobile phone brand in order to steal login credentials from employees at the time centre.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

And it's the reason why we have any oversight over these intelligence operations, the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, all of them.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

Long before the NSA came after their library, Elizebeth and William knew that these were not theoretical questions.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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