CVS

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A form of CV — aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)

Very commonScrabble 8

Meanings

CVS1

nounCVS (countable and uncountable, plural CVSs)

plural CVSs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of cyclic vomiting syndrome.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of cardiovascular system.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of chorionic villus sampling.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of computer vision syndrome.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Concurrent Versions System (a utility that assists in tracking changes to source code, etc.)
  2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of Consumer Value Stores, a US pharmacy chain.

    The high-output glow of the CVS across the highway blunted into gauzy white by the moisture in the air.

    2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 27
    2 more examples

    The recall said that the distributors — Walmart, CVS and AACE Pharmaceuticals — will be arranging the return of all the affected products.

    2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN

    Most large PBMs operate their own mail-order and specialty pharmacies, but CVS is the only major PBM that owns its own retail pharmacy, according to the Brookings Institution.

    2024 December 11, Andrew Stanton, “Senators Turn Screws on Health Care Industry as CEO Shooting Fuels Scrutiny”, in Newsweek

CVs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of CV

Synonyms & antonyms

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