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Pres

1 American  
[pres, prez] / prɛs, prɛz /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Presley.

pres. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. present.

  2. presidency.

  3. president.

Pres. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Presbyterian.

  2. President.

Pres. British  

abbreviation

  1. President

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Both photos were sent out by the Associated Pres.

From The Wall Street Journal

Addressing Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations and rival for the 2024 nomination, he wrote on X: “Please join Vivek Ramaswamy as a team of pres and vp; we must do this now to create a winning ticket now that we can all get behind.”

From Salon

After that, Greene wrote, “she turned on me and began attacking me” and “has lied so much about me and others like Matt Gaetz, even though we are Pres Trump’s most loyal and fierce elected Members of Congress.”

From Slate

"The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light," tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

From Salon

By some accounts, President Joe Biden has already missed the deadline to close a regulatory loophole — blamed for inflation and identified as a systemic risk to the global economy — without fear that Pres.

From Salon

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