VP
verb phrase.
VP
1 American-
verb phrase.
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Also vp, v-p vice president.
v.p.
2
American
abbreviation
V.P.
3
American
Or
V. Pres.
abbreviation
VP
British
abbreviation
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Vice President
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verb phrase
Etymology
Origin of v.p.
From New Latin verbum passīvum
Example Sentences
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Hulays joined Hershey in 2012 as VP finance, Canada, and has since taken on roles including global supply chain, M&A, corporate FP&A and finance strategy and enterprise transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“You can be VP, or you can have a fourth child.’
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Test your knowledge of the week’s big stories and see how your score stacks up against Slate’s VP of brand and communications, Katie Rayford.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Paresh Kharya, VP of product at Taalas, told EE Times that he expects customers to stay with a model for a year or more.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Must be nice having the VP of a major financial corporation for a dad.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
In addition, Burke Magnus, executive v.p., programming and scheduling, will also oversee BamTech, in which Disney took a $1 billion minority stake last August.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2017
Schell's promotion was one a of a number of executives moves announced, including the departure of 20-year veteran John Kosner, executive v.p. digital and print media.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2017
“This opens up the opportunity for Oman to use its natural gas for higher-value applications, to diversify its economy and create more jobs,” says John O’Donnell, v.p. of GlassPoint, in an interview today.
From Forbes ● Jul. 8, 2015
A middle-aged Beverly Hills stockbroker paints his toes but only shows his wife, according to Jeanne Chavez, Hard Candy's sales v.p.
From Time Magazine Archive
O'Donovan, with his usual conscientious accuracy, has given a long and most interesting note on the subject of this massacre, in the Annals of the Four Masters, vol. v.p.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Would his affable V.P. of communications be dining out on me?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
“But the ambition here is not just V.P. Even if Biden doesn’t win, she’s not going to be out of the national picture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
It has been that long since a man chose a woman to run as V.P. on the Democratic ticket.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2020
“The deadline for a V.P. nomination is the convention,” said Representative Cedric Richmond, a co-chairman of Mr. Biden’s campaign.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2020
They all posed side by side—the company V.P., the mayor, Mother Paula, Councilman Grandy, and the boss of the chamber of commerce—for the television crew and the news photographer.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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