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USO

American

Or U.S.O.

United Service Organizations.

USO British

abbreviation

United Service Organization

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The average daily volume of the USO ETF has also risen eightfold since July.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Oil prices surged about 50% in the past month due to the Iran war, while short interest in the USO fund also rose 50%.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The Cboe gauge is calculated based on trading activity in options contracts tied to USO.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

And after the U.S. entered World War II, she volunteered as a USO girl, dancing with young soldiers on the Santa Monica Pier, she said, “before they went overseas to God knows what.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

He was using a thumbnail to pry off the body lice, working slowly, carefully depositing the lice in a blue USO envelope.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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