Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation North American Aerospace (formerly Air) Defense Command
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- initialism North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Examples
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And many people forget that NORAD is a joint Canadian-American effort.
Archive 2008-07-01 Lou Anders 2008
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And many people forget that NORAD is a joint Canadian-American effort.
SF Writers Get VIP Tour of NORAD Lou Anders 2008
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NORAD is pleased to have the delightful Christmas music of Ringo Starr on our music page.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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NORAD is pleased to have the delightful Christmas music of Ringo Starr on our music page.
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Anderson's research has taken him to the top of Mount Whitney and the bottom of the Grand Canyon, inside the Cheyenne Mountain NORAD complex, into the Andes Mountains and the Amazon River, inside a Minuteman III missile silo and its underground control bunker, onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz, inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape
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As founding members of NATO and partners in NORAD, our two countries have used geographic proximity and shared political values to develop a security relationship unmatched in the world.
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Your maritime forces and our United States Navy keep us aware in NORAD of where the submarines are at all times.
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I have served in NORAD now for five years: four of those years starting when it opened in 1958.
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Insofar as NORAD is concerned, that is the North American Defence, I have mentioned the situation of the Bomarc.
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As far as NORAD is concerned, in North America we are negotiating, as I said, with the purposes in mind to which I referred, as far as NATO is concerned.
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