XYZ
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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“We get a lot of questions like, ‘I’ve owned XYZ company forever and it’s done great.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
“She was emailing me back and forth, saying, ‘Oh my gosh, we’ve got this many publishers interested, we’re going to set up calls with XYZ, XYZ,’” Arnott says of her agent’s communications then.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
“What happens on bullion desks is that the gold market goes up $50 or $100, and client XYZ, who hasn’t bought enough of it, calls the desk and asks, ‘Should I buy silver?’”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026
Finding international films that might appeal to the US market is an important part of the work of XYZ Films.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
Jefferson and Madison even managed to persuade themselves that Adams had concocted the entire XYZ Affair to mobilize popular support for a declaration of war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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