Nb
niobium.
Nb
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
NB
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N.B.
NB
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Nb
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NB
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nb
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N.B.
Cultural
Etymology
Origin of NB
Latin: note well
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One rough breathing is just visible in that early palimpsest of St. John's Gospel, Ib or Nb.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
NB Spotify did not provide data for Belfast.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
NB Mager: I actually started writing it as kind of a thriller-horror film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
One NB column began: “The Preposterousness of Maya Angelou: An inexhaustible series.”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Over 82,000 customers in the province of Prince Edward Island were also without power, while NB Power in New Brunswick reported 44,329 were without electricity.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
NB: Youngest son currently at home, seriously ill, Ministry inspectors have confirmed.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
To this point, there are only three non-runners at Ayr but they include both my nap and the nb.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2012
If a : b :: c : d, then ma : nb :: mc : nd.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
To prove this, we have, according to Definition 5, to show— if ma > nb, then mα > nβ, if ma = nb, then mα = nβ, if ma < nb, then mα < nβ.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
"N.B. yes, those are anatomically correct heart cakes," she added, referring to a plate holding cakes shaped like real hearts in pools of apparently fake blood.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
The New Brunswick corporate register indicates that Oceanic Fisheries N.B. has been inactive since October 2021.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
The plaza, which sits beside the bridge to tiny Clair, N.B., is named “America’s First Mile.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
N.B. raw GDP growth really isn't the important fact here.
From Economist ● Aug. 14, 2013
Edwards has placed a N.B. on this declaration:—“A writer may properly be called unlearned, who, notwithstanding all his other knowledge, does not understand the subject which he writes upon.”
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
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