S.P.R.
abbreviation
Society for Psychical Research.
S.P.R.
Americanabbreviation
SPR
British
abbreviation
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“I am not ‘sold’ on E.S.P., but I have always maintained that a purely physical view is far too restricted,” he wrote, in a letter to Guy Lambert, a former president of the S.P.R.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
I found the memo, on Shelton Hospital letterhead, last December, along with some letters from Barker, in a brown envelope in the S.P.R. archive, which is kept in the Cambridge University Library.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
“There are credible arguments that the optimal size of the S.P.R. should be smaller than it is,” Mr. Bordoff said.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2017
“It didn’t appear to me that the president believes using S.P.R. would have any meaningful effect on gas prices,” Mr. Boehner said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
I will take an illustration from a case which is recorded in detail in Proceedings S.P.R., vol. vii. p.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
Oil stored in the SPR fell by 300,000 barrels to 282.7 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The SPR held approximately 415 million barrels of crude oil before the conflict began in February, compared with just 282 million barrels as of early October.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
The drawdown means “there is no SPR cavalry on the horizon” as Middle East supply disruption picks up again, one analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But analysts have expressed doubts about relying on heavy Venezuelan crude for the SPR, which is set up largely to store what’s known as light, sweet crude.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
That’s the lowest the SPR has been since 1983.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
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