Pres
noun
a male given name, form of Presley.
Pres
1 American
[pres, prez]
/ prɛs, prɛz /
noun
pres.
2
American
abbreviation
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present.
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presidency.
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president.
Pres.
3
American
abbreviation
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Presbyterian.
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President.
Pres.
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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New-home sales for October are due at 10 a.m., with St. Louis Fed Pres.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 13, 2026
Both photos were sent out by the Associated Pres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Earlier this month, Unguryan and other evangelicals were among a group of religious leaders who met with Ukrainian Pres.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024
Jersey Post said it would re-open its offices at Rue des Pres and Broad Street which were were closed on Thursday because of the storm.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
Joseph Porter Sykes, a nephew of the Sykes sisters, had been appointed by Pres.
From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell
MONDALE, 9:06: One of the first and central issues is what will the VP do when he disagrees with the pres. candidate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2016
See you next month at the ASP $10,000 Fear at the Pier pres. by Xcel Pro Junior at Huntington Beach from July 8th to 9th, 2006.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus:— Root car, love; first pers. sing. pres., carav, I love, with pronoun, carav vî, pronounced and often written cara vî; plur., caron, we love, caron nŷ, often written caro nŷ.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner
Conjugate the verb love through all the moods and tenses, in the first person singular, with the pronoun I before it, and speak the Participles: thus, Indicative mood, pres. tense, first pers. sing.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
Indic. mood, pres. tense, he is punished; imperf. tense, he was punished; perf. tense, he has been punished; and so on.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
“Ignoring the fact that it’s weird to wear them on stage, Pres. Macron demonstrates how sunglasses should fit—the width of the frame corresponds to the width of his head,” said fashion designer Gracia Ventus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
In a news conference in Manila, Hannah Neumann, who led the European delegation, said rights conditions were “better than it was under Pres. Duterte” in reply to a question.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
"In the 1974 impeachment proceedings, Pres. Nixon produced dozens of recordings. In 1998, Pres. Clinton physically gave his blood."
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2019
“Would only join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama,” he wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2018
In 1818 he was cr. a baronet, and in 1820 became Pres. of the Royal Society, to which he communicated his discoveries in electro-magnetism.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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