October 15, 2023
The United States Post Office settled on two-letter abbreviations in October 1963. Since that time there has been only one alteration. So the state would not be confused with New Brunswick, Canada, in 1969 Nebraska’s abbreviation was changed from NB to NE.
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Acronyms are abbreviations that can be said as words, such as AWOL, NASA, and ASAP. See if you can figure out the words within these words.
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