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Eyelid lifts were one of the top five cosmetic surgeries last year; if you hang out in a certain corner of Instagram, you might not be able to escape the term bleph, short for blepharoplasty.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Or landlords can take master-metered utilities and split them up based on apartment size or number of occupants, as in Porter’s building, a practice called RUBS, short for ratio utility billing system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Another impact on UK agriculture is low grass stocks forcing some farmers to use winter feed for their livestock during the summer leaving supplies short for later in the year.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That day, the scammer filled out Surfside Beach’s ACH form, short for Automated Clearing House, an electronic bank network used to pay vendors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Next came a boy named Cane, which Seven knew was short for Hurricane.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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