Pr
1 Americanabbreviation
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payroll.
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percentile rank.
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public relations.
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personal record.
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Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.
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Puerto Rico (approved especially for use with zip code).
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pair; pairs.
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paper.
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power.
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preference.
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(of stock) preferred.
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present.
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price.
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priest.
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Computers. printer.
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printing.
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pronoun.
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(of stock) preferred.
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Priest.
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Prince.
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Provençal. Also Pr
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parliamentary report.
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press release.
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prize ring.
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proportional representation.
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public relations. Also p.r.
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Puerto Rico.
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pair
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paper
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(in prescriptions) per rectum
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power
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proportional representation
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public relations
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Puerto Rico
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Priest
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Prince
symbol
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Etymology
Origin of P.R.
From Latin populus Rōmānus
Example Sentences
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Regarding the Dec. 15 Metro article “Pr. William supervisors pass plan for growth”:
From Washington Post
Historic election brings new American dreams to Pr.
From Washington Post
Regarding the Aug. 1 Metro article “Breakdown let police case costs soar in Pr. George’s”:
From Washington Post
Settling police lawsuit forces ‘meaningful and lasting change,’ Pr.
From Washington Post
With fatal crashes on the rise in Pr.
From Washington Post
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