UO

American  

abbreviation

1. Urban Operations: refers to combat, warfare, and military operations in urban areas.

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Etymology

Origin of UO

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

"Sleep researchers and clinicians have long recommended that adolescents get eight to 10 hours of sleep at a regular time every day of the week, but that's just not practical for a lot of adolescents, or people generally," said Melynda Casement, a licensed psychologist, associate professor in the UO's College of Arts and Sciences and director of the UO's Sleep Lab.

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For the most part, explosive volcanic eruptions are either primarily driven by rising magma, vaporized groundwater, or some combination of the two, according to Josh Crozier, who did this research as a doctoral student at the UO.

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"A cool thing about these eruptions is that there were a bunch of them in sequence that were remarkably similar; that's relatively unusual," said Leif Karlstrom, a volcanologist at the UO.

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"This link is very rare," said Joe Dufek, a volcanologist at the UO.

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Observing that migration with special cameras helped UO researchers and their colleagues capture the macroplankton's graceful, coordinated swimming behavior.

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