Identifiers of a sort: Abbr. (3)

I believe the answer is:

nos

(Other definitions for nos that I've seen before include "they opposed" , "Numbers (abbr.)" , "Issue back > numbers" , "rejections" , "Numbers (abbreviation)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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