Nb
niobium.
Nb
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N.B.
NB
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Nb
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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
Premiering today in Sundance‘s U.S. Dramatic Competition is “Run Amuk,” the feature debut from writer-director NB Mager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
NB is the sort of column that people looked at and thought, “I could do that.”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
All lanes of SB I-405 are closed there, the NB & SB I-5 off-ramps to SB I-5 are closed, & the SR 525 off-ramp to SB I-405 is closed.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
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
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
If a : b :: c : d, then ma : nb :: mc : nd.
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. triggering a devaluation of the euro as a large "market participant" isn't such a crazy idea.
From Economist ● Apr. 2, 2013
Calm all day; sky clear; and weather hazy. | | | |N.B.
From Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island by Hall, Basil
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