DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration.
DEA
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abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Chrysanthis, with the DEA, referred to the operation this week as “an effort to return safety, wellness and hope to the community that lives here.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The researchers discovered that an environmental contaminant called diethanolamine, or DEA, can sometimes replace a sugar alcohol in a molecule produced by M. morganii in the gut.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
“The DEA doesn’t have a choice. They have to reschedule it in three months. So that’s already pretty fast.”
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
He was handed to DEA agents, who flew him to the United States, where he will stand trial.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Though charges were dropped against him within seventy-two hours, the DEA refused to return his Learjet.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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