orp
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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The Walle orp., which began life as a lithography firm in New Orleans in 1872, will shutter its labeling factory in Harahan in February, T he Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
From Washington Times
An MoD spokesman added: "Our stocks of ORPs are managed to make sure they are consumed within the two-year shelf life required to meet our food quality standards. "We only undertake disposal of ORP as a last resort and only at a point when the product can no longer be consumed.
From BBC
"Due to the changing nature of exercises or deployments, there will of course be occasions when ORP has not been issued before it becomes out of date."
From BBC
Even at the age of 94, he is busy planning the Isle Of Wight's upcoming 75th anniversary of the defence of Cowes by the Polish navy destroyer ORP Blyskawica.
From BBC
The fleet doesn’t yet have a name, so Navy leaders are simply calling it the Ohio Replacement Program, or ORP.
From Seattle Times
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