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PL

1 American  

  1. Public Law.

    PL #480.
pl. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. place.

  2. plate.

  3. plural.

P/L 3 American  

  1. profit and loss.

P.L. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Poet Laureate.

pl 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. place

  2. plate

  3. plural

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PL 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. plural

  2. Poland (international car registration)

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Pl. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Place

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pl 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Poland

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Example Sentences

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Addressing the an Royal United Services Institute online event about the terror attack in the US, the former UK PL said the ideology was in "inevitable conflict with open, modern, culturally tolerant societies".

From BBC

And the Corps is reportedly considering loosening requirements so levee operators who have failed to comply with their obligations under PL 84-89 may nonetheless receive funded repairs.

From Scientific American

Slot looking forward to 'celebrating PL title with fans'

From BBC

He is the kindly, persistent movie impresario persuading Emma Thompson’s cantankerous author PL Travers into letting him do a film version of her creation Mary Poppins.

From The Guardian

Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Angela Lansbury also are featured in the movie, which is based on PL Travers’ stories.

From Washington Times

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