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: October 16, 2023
\AK-ruh-nim\ noun
What It Means
An acronym is a word formed from the first letter or letters of each one of the words in a phrase.
// They came up with the perfect acronym, WORDS, as a name for their spelling team by using the first letters of each of their names: William, Owen, Rosie, Diana, and Sam.
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