mb
1 American-
millibar; millibars.
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millibarn; millibarns.
abbreviation
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Manitoba, Canada (approved for postal use).
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Computers. megabyte; megabytes.
abbreviation
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Medicine
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maternity benefit
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(esp in postal addresses) Manitoba
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(in Canada) Medal of Bravery
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computing megabyte
abbreviation
symbol
Etymology
Origin of M.B.
From New Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus
Example Sentences
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“Enjoy the current pump figures,” said MB Ghalibaf, speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s parliament, in a post on X on Sunday.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026
Shortly after Lehman folded, AIG found itself obligated to pay, all at once, the parties to whom it had sold CDS on MB.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
MB Group, a conglomerate in Oman, on Monday said it struck a deal with San Francisco-based Astranis for an internet satellite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The scale of devastation may be most comparable to Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005, Sergio Vale, chief economist at MB Associates, wrote in a note Friday.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Eric’s computer: an AMD K-6 233 with a generic motherboard; an S3 video card, a 15-inch monitor; a 2.5 GB hard drive with 36 MB SDRAM.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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