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   AMBER Alert

   /ˈambə(r) əˌləːt/

   noun

   • 1. an emergency response system that disseminates information about a missing person (usually a child), by media broadcasting or electronic roadway signs: trademark in UK "our state's AMBER Alert became operational last September"

   Word Origin acronym from America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, named after Amber Hagerman, a child kidnapped in Texas in 1996.

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