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How can you use “abbreviation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Diesenhaus described his use of a slogan and abbreviation for a treatment strategy, "Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral-SBIR."
Short acronyms are especially problematic (for example, 'CT', the abbreviation for 'calcitonin' can be found in the title of over 20,000 abstracts, of which only 25 contain the term 'calcitonin').
Denarius was the source of the abbreviation d for the former English penny.
(I find it convenient to distinguish an abbreviation as a shortening that is not or cannot be pronounced, like USA, UN, IOC, GB, NIH, NAS, RC, OED, IBM , etc., from an acronym as a shortening that is pronounced as a word, like ad lib, NASA, WREN, OPEC, COMSAT, NATO , etc.
Walker made a plea not to adopt the abbreviation "SBIR" because it is already used to designate small business innovation research grants by federal agencies.