Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Bachelor of Liberal Studies
  • abbreviation Bachelor of Library Science
  • abbreviation Bureau of Labor Statistics

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  • initialism US Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • initialism medicine Basic Life Support
  • abbreviation stock symbol BellSouth Corporation

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Examples

  • The apparent trigger for Nixon's outburst against the BLS was a March 1971 incident in which Goldstein told reporters that unemployment data was "mixed" at a time when the administration had described it as "heartening."

    Fred Malek: It's not the 'Jew-counting,' it's the deception 2010

  • In addition, the BLS is a front drive car, like the Saab, so it is a hard sell against rear drive sports sedans from BMW and Mercedes.

    Bad Ideas Never Die 2006

  • MS. MUNNELL: As you know -- the important thing to emphasize is that the BLS has been the source for identifying most of the problems that we know about in the Consumer Price Index.

    Vp And Munnell Briefing On Gross Domestic Product ITY National Archives 1997

  • Do you people realize that the BLS is a COMPUTER model that "claimed" 104k LESS people filed this week ?

    unknown title 2011

  • Do you people realize that the BLS is a COMPUTER model that "claimed" 104k LESS people filed this week ?

    unknown title 2011

  • Employment data this week is mixed - in other words the BLS has pulled another set of inconsistent data out of their butts.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Steven Hansen 2010

  • Employment data this week is mixed - in other words the BLS has pulled another set of inconsistent data out of their butts.

    US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha Steven Hansen 2010

  • The BLS is another worthless agency of hack bureaucrats.

    The Big Picture 2009

  • All American price indexes cited in these notes are found in the sources described as BLS Prices,

    Mises Dailies 2009

  • We use an interdisciplinary approach to make complex transport arrangements and collaborative decisions regarding transport modes such as BLS, ALS and critical care.

    How to Arrange a Transport 2010

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