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- proper noun Initialism of Department for Work and Pensions.
- proper noun Initialism of
Department ofWater andPower .
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Examples
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When I called the DWP, they first told me that someone would be out to look at the problem by 8 pm that night (it was 3 pm when I was calling).
Matt Littman: 105 Degrees, We're Out of Power, and No One Cares 2008
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If you call the DWP, they'll put you on hold for a half hour without ever picking up the phone.
Matt Littman: 105 Degrees, We're Out of Power, and No One Cares 2008
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Because it was a best of ... show, I got to take a bit of a nostalgic tour through my last year at ACME: when we did Tribute, and Living and Dying in DWP, I realized how sad I was that I got sick and missed most of the run of A Day in the Life.
In Exile 2005
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Because it was a best of ... show, I got to take a bit of a nostalgic tour through my last year at ACME: when we did Tribute, and Living and Dying in DWP, I realized how sad I was that I got sick and missed most of the run of A Day in the Life.
In Exile 2005
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I called the DWP corporate offices claiming to be a cop and explained that our sergeant who had the phone number for Special Desk was on assignment, and we needed to get it again.
Wired Top Stories Kevin Mitnick 2011
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I called the DWP corporate offices claiming to be a cop and explained that our sergeant who had the phone number for Special Desk was on assignment, and we needed to get it again.
Wired Top Stories Kevin Mitnick 2011
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A member of staff at the home called the DWP, who said the letter - informing him that as a widower he was now entitled to pension credit payments - was sent in error.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The issue was a rate raise for the electric co called DWP, Dept of water and Power.
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In the long term the DWP pension problems and those unwarrented salaries will sink the city and you and I will be picking up the tab and these are not TARP funds that will be repaid.
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Joe Essavi had one of the best quips of the night when he said that "The City Council and the DWP are the sinkholes!"
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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