AHD

Although the AHD is a superb work of scholarship, especially strong on Indo-European roots, American writer Ambrose Bierce would not be amused.

Analyzing Becky Sharp’s Trash 2008

Pipeline Holdings, L.P. ( "AHD"), was $14.6 million for the second quarter 2010 compared with

Nachrichten Ticker - www.finanzen.net 2010

My main problem with "endearing" is that I only see it used by adults talking about children (the AHD usage example is "the endearing charm of a little child") and to use it to talk about children's books betrays the child audience.

"Deceptively simple" Roger Sutton 2007

As for the AHD and the claim of Iranian origin, I'd like to see that backed up with a clear source.

Minoan inscription HT 104 2009

Its "Usage Notes" are provocative fun -- either to quibble with or to applaud, as when the AHD rules that "alright" is not all right.

Reference Books 2008

For instance, “copyeditor” is preferred by AHD but “copy editor” by MW.

Why are translators so pedantic? « Musings from an overworked translator 2008

AHD, an information-service company, compiles data that hospitals report to the federal government.

Nonprofit Hospitals, Once 2008

The AHD has many noteworthy features: lists of synonyms, word histories, regional American dialect terms, 4,000 color photographs and illustrations, and two appendices of Indo-European and Semitic word roots.

Reference Books 2008

I first noticed AHD when he started presenting Local Heroes on BBC 2.

One of the good guys Garry 2005

I can say in all honesty that I know a great many things about the world which I would not know if it wasn't for AHD.

One of the good guys Garry 2005