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US
/ˌeɪˌɛˈfɛɫ/
]
NOUN
- a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
How To Use AFL In A Sentence
- And how about my father's Graflex that I had never used, and my baby clothes in the brassbound trunk and the files full of dead people's passport photos? Earthly Possessions
- Who dareth name the fiend?" croaked an awful voice, whereat Black Lewin halted, gaped and stood a-tremble, while beneath steel cap and bascinet all men's hair stirred and rose with horror; for before them was a ghastly shape, a shape that crouched in the gloom with dreadful face aflame with smouldering green fire. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
- The report criticized a former commissioner and two device division leaders for their role in approving Menaflex. FDA to Revoke Knee-Device Approval, Saying It Erred
- We were still playing at war — dropping leaflets instead of bombs.
- She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
- Teflon is a fluorocarbon polymer known by the chemical name polytetrafluoroethylene.
- But they emphasise the importance of relinquishing some of what you've been struggling to keep afloat. Times, Sunday Times
- Thousands of leaflets had been given to motorists passing through and 1,000 had been hand-delivered to addresses in the city centre.
- But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat.
- He says fear of failure keeps him afloat. Times, Sunday Times