XYZ
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Founders Fund and Accel are coleading the round, with participation from Khosla Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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 XYZ Films.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
Sohail Prasad, the chief executive of Destiny XYZ, the parent company of the fund, said his goal was to let anyone own part of the tech industry’s top private companies.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
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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