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

  • abbreviation estrogen replacement therapy

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  • abbreviation Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece
  • initialism emergency response team

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Examples

  • In his regimen, known as ERT estrogen replacement therapy, he prescribed a very high dosage of estrogen and neglected to pair this hormone with its counterpart, progesterone.

    Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996

  • In his regimen, known as ERT estrogen replacement therapy, he prescribed a very high dosage of estrogen and neglected to pair this hormone with its counterpart, progesterone.

    Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996

  • A highly-specialized group of Mounties called the ERT (Emergency Response Team) is always ready to go in an emergency or dangerous situation.

    Orangeville 2009

  • I think it’s time to call the ERT in, to go through the house.

    Voices Carry Mariah Stewart 2001

  • A review of hundreds of reports of use of force incidents, dozens of which were captured on videotape, shows a pattern and practice of Emergency Response Team ( "ERT") officers: routinely shoving inmates aggressively into walls and other fixed objects; inappropriately employing crowd control chemical agents against individual inmates at close range; applying unnecessary force to compliant or confused inmates; routinely applying unnecessary and painful escort techniques; and disregarding some inmates 'mental impairments in use of force incidents.

    unknown title 2009

  • A review of hundreds of reports of use of force incidents, dozens of which were captured on videotape, shows a pattern and practice of Emergency Response Team ( "ERT") officers: routinely shoving inmates aggressively into walls and other fixed objects; inappropriately employing crowd control chemical agents against individual inmates at close range; applying unnecessary force to compliant or confused inmates; routinely applying unnecessary and painful escort techniques; and disregarding some inmates 'mental impairments in use of force incidents.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • A review of hundreds of reports of use of force incidents, dozens of which were captured on videotape, shows a pattern and practice of Emergency Response Team ( "ERT") officers: routinely shoving inmates aggressively into walls and other fixed objects; inappropriately employing crowd control chemical agents against individual inmates at close range; applying unnecessary force to compliant or confused inmates; routinely applying unnecessary and painful escort techniques; and disregarding some inmates 'mental impairments in use of force incidents.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • I was a clerk, dispatcher, Hazmat/ERT, tour guide, trainer, and a former 204-B (Acting Supervisor).

    Matthew Yglesias » Don’t Knock the Post Office 2009

  • According to Simon King, outgoing editor of ERT (the electrical trade "bible"), people are starting to buy machines with larger drums.

    Lighten the load Guy Clapperton 2010

  • As we raced through the dim hallways of the Russell Building, past panicked staffers emptying from their offices, the ERT team shouted “GET BACK” and covered my every move with their guns.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

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