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NPR en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:pressure cooking, uncountable) Initialism of natural pressure release.
Source: en.wiktionary, “NPR” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

NPR en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of National Public Radio.
    • First, I think that the NPR leadership made a mistake in appearing to fire Williams in a snit, rather than not renewing his contract, at the next opportunity, because of longstanding differences in journalistic values. 2010 October 25, James Fallows, “Why NPR Matters (Long)”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025:
    • In Trump’s first term, his annual budget proposals zeroed out the funding for the corporation, but Congress always allocated the funds anyway — a reflection of the fact that national Republican opposition to NPR and PBS is countered by local support. 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:Indian politics) Initialism of National Population Register.

Coordinates

ABC (National Public Radio) · NBC (National Public Radio) · VOA (National Public Radio) · CBS (National Public Radio) · PBS (National Public Radio) · NRC (National Population Register)