Pers
1 Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
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person.
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personal.
abbreviation
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Persia.
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Persian.
Example Sentences
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In south-east Switzerland, the Pers Glacier once fed the larger Morteratsch Glacier, which flows down towards the valley.
From BBC
He went on to highlight gender-neutral pronouns, saying that “a growing number of people are using different pronouns like they/them, xe/xem, ze/hir, per/pers and ey/em.”
From Washington Times
A parallel glacier Pers flowed into it until 2017 but has now receded so much that an expanding strip of grit lies between them.
From Reuters
The funded status of the system stood at 72% at the end of 2019, though the way it is calculated for the purposes of the bill, including employers’ side accounts with PERS, the funded status was 79 percent.
From Seattle Times
In a unanimous decision, the court rejected those arguments, sticking with the principle it established in its 2015 decision on the last round of legal wrangling over PERS: the Legislature is entitled to change employee retirement benefits prospectively, for future service, but benefits earned on service already rendered are sacrosanct.
From Seattle Times
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