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  • NJ
    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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Investigations reporter NJ Convery has been out with police as they hunt for thieves.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Five TV journalists who covered 9/11 — Bret Baier, Byron Pitts, Chris Jansing, NJ Burkett and Carson Daly — on what they saw and how it reshaped their careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Penn is owned by Amtrak, the federal passenger rail service, even though the MTA and its Long Island Rail Road is its biggest tenant, followed by NJ Transit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

This etext was prepared by MICRA, INc. of Plainfield, NJ.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section C by Project Gutenberg

Both of McKinney’s parents died before he was 5, and he was raised by his oldest sister in a cramped household with half a dozen other children in Passaic, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The son of Jewish-Soviet immigrants, Mr. Gershkovich grew up in Princeton, N.J., speaking Russian at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The two have been fighting it out in a Newark, N.J., court for months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Born July 4, 1924, in Newark, N.J., she grew up near Albany, N.Y., the younger of two daughters of John Merle Saint and the former Eva Marie Rice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The truth was, that while he so pretended, N.J.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux

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