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NSF

1 American  
Or N.S.F.
  1. National Science Foundation.

  2. not sufficient funds.


N/S/F 2 American  
  1. not sufficient funds.


NSF British  

abbreviation

  1. not sufficient funds

"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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"These discoveries show Gemini's ability to help us understand the characteristics of the remarkable zoo of exoplanets in our solar neighborhood," says Chris Davis, NSF Program Director for NOIRLab.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

This work is supported by NASA, STScI, and NSF.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The announcement marks a significant step up in D-Wave’s yearslong relationship with the NSF.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Spaceflight news and tracking site NSF captured video of the incident, showing how the rocket went up in a plume of flame while standing on a company’s launchpad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The American administration withdrew from its last major involvement in the Internet in April 1995, when the NSF ceased to finance some of the networks and, thus, privatised its hitherto heavy involvement in the net.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

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