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USGS

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Initialism of United States Geological Survey.

US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Examples

“According to USGS, the Myanmar quake occurred as the result⟳ of “strike⟳ slip⟳ faulting” between the India and Eurasia plates – meaning that these two tectonic plates rubbed sideways against each other.”
“Teams of scientists from the USGS typically go out every summer to fix⟳ broken instruments or dig⟳ them out of deep snow⟳.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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