PLA

American  

abbreviation

1. People's Liberation Army.

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PLA British  

abbreviation

1. Port of London Authority

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Example Sentences

Plastics labeled as biodegradable, including PLA and PBAT, released the largest amounts, reflecting their less stable chemical structures.

From Science Daily

"The PLA Eastern Theater Command has successfully completed 'Justice Mission 2025' drills," spokesperson Senior Captain Li Xi said in a statement, referring to the People's Liberation Army.

From Barron's

“The PLA continues to make steady progress toward its 2027 goals, whereby the PLA must be able to achieve ‘strategic decisive victory’ over Taiwan, ‘strategic counterbalance’ against the United States in the nuclear and other strategic domains, and ‘strategic deterrence and control’ against other regional countries,” the report says.

From The Wall Street Journal

In April, the PLA inaugurated what it called a logistics and training center at a naval base in Cambodia.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In order to minimize casualties on the PLA side, they have to use robotic systems as a first wave of attack,” said Sunny Cheung, an open-source intelligence expert at the Washington think tank Jamestown Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal