UPI

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby UPI

uphold, upholster, upholsterer, upholstery, uphroe, UPI, up in arms, Upington, up in the air, up-itself, Upjohn

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How to use UPI in a sentence

That allows you to get at what most people were reading, which was the wire service stuff, the AP and the UPI stuff.
The Real Legacy of Richard Nixon|Scott Porch|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Arnaud de Borchgrave, now an editor at large for UPI, met Omar in Afghanistan in June 2001.
Mullah Omar Should Be Next to Go|Allan Dodds Frank|May 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Pia Ringheim Jensen, a former UPI correspondent in Copenhagen, is a freelance journalist living in Utah.
Waiting for the Firing Squad|Pia Ringheim Jensen|June 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Thomas had her own seat in the old briefing room, but she had long ceased to work for the old wire organization UPI.
The Battle for Helen Thomas' Seat|Richard Wolffe|June 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

A bonus if you can sail her with the whole reefed mainsail upI wont stick at a few dollars.
The Protector|Harold Bindloss
Theyre just bang-upI mean, beautiful folks, she corrected hastily.
The Turn of the Tide|Eleanor H. Porter
I hope it will not make me proud and stuck-upI should not like to be that.
A Horse's Tale|Mark Twain

British Dictionary definitions for UPI

UPI

abbreviation for

United Press International

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