meu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of meu
C16: from Latin mēum, from Greek mēon
Example Sentences
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Moore agreed with an internal force review board that said Alejandre and his police partner, Audrey Lopez Alonzo, had “sufficient time to contact” the Mental Evaluation Unit, or MEU, which pairs officers with county social workers trained in de-escalating standoffs with people thought to be mentally ill.
From Los Angeles Times
Neither she nor Alejandre considered contacting the MEU, Moore said, nor did they relay information about Smith’s history of schizophrenia to the other responding officers, including Zizzo.
From Los Angeles Times
“If there was a MEU there, it would be responding,” one official said.
From Washington Post
One option often deployed for humanitarian crises, a Marine Corps expeditionary unit, or MEU, is unavailable because senior commanders at the Pentagon left a gap between their typical rotations through the region, two other U.S. officials said.
From Washington Post
When balancing these big tastes, she said, every home cook follows his or her own “rot meu,” or “hand flavor.”
From New York Times
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