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ng

1 American  
  1. nanogram; nanograms.


NG 2 American  
  1. Chemistry. nitroglycerin.

  2. Anatomy. nasogastric.


n.g. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. no good.


N.G. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. National Guard.

  2. New Guinea.

  3. no good.


NG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in the US) National Guard

  2. New Guinea

  3. Also: ng.  no good

"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

ng 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Nigeria

"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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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is expected to hold rates steady, taking a wait-and-see approach amid uncertainties in the Middle East, ANZ’s Kausani Basak said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas decided against changing its policy rate at an off-cycle meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas hadn’t been due to hold its next rate-setting meeting until April, but it has resorted to off-cycle moves during extraordinary times before.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas lowered its benchmark overnight reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% from 4.50% on Thursday, delivering a sixth straight round of easing.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

If I was washing out clothes in the basin or sharpening the point on my homemade knife when the ants appeared, I stopped The Hidi ng Place at once to give them my full attention.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The U.K.’s National Grid NG -1.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle agreed to invest $1.75 billion in U.S. integrated power solutions company Joulent as it seeks to capitalize on the country’s rapidly growing energy needs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Cara said staff would sometimes be careless with her NG feeds and deliver the liquid too fast, causing her to vomit.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2025

“Being a whistleblower is like walking on broken glass because if you make one wrong move you’re injured,” Prewitt told me of her two decades speaking out about the hazards on the 737 NG.

From Slate May 3, 2024

The Prague-based company also owns Aircraft Industries, the Czech maker of L 410 NG cargo aircraft.

From Reuters Apr. 25, 2023

“I had it engraved,” she says, and when he turns the flask over he sees the letters NG.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Another case that settled in recent weeks was filed by a woman identified by her initials, N.G.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2023

A 29-year-old Reston man, identified in court documents only as N.G., was found dead in his home on Oct.

From Washington Post May 27, 2020

"The amount of pesticides sprayed on brinjal, cauliflower and cabbage is amazing—frightening," says P. Ananda Kumar, director of the Institute of Biotechnology at Acharya N.G.

From Scientific American Sep. 3, 2013

The continuing boomlet is enough to keep New York-based wholesaler N.G.

From BusinessWeek Jan. 21, 2010

The arrangements for the procession and exercises were under the direction of Major-General James Jourdan, commanding the Second Division, N.G.,

From Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 by Kingsley, William C.

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