B&B
B&B
1 American
B and B
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American
B & B
British
abbreviation
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The herb garden remains unplanted, and Lindsay’s vague plans for a “bespoke” B&B are on permanent hold, as are Josh’s musical aspirations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I booked into a B&B. The only thing around me was fields and cows and the loveliest woman running this B&B," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
I followed a small road into the tree-covered village of Bise, where I found B&B Pastoral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
The excitement for the latest season of “The Chosen” was palpable at its world premiere last month at B&B Theaters Red Oak 12 in Dallas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025
Her destination: the Secret Garden B&B, forty-two bucks a night.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
"You’re up against a computer system that says A is B and B is C."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
If all you know about a trio of dice is that A usually beats B, and B usually beats C, is it more likely that A usually beats C or vice versa?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023
B and B, Trunfio declared, and the researcher presenting the clips looked relieved.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2016
Under approval voting, if A beats B, and B beats C, A beats C. So, except for when the result is tied, there is always an alternative that is approved more than any other.
From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2016
He said that as soon as his B and B opened for business, he would become a regular customer.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
So, A is connected to B, B is connected to C, but is A connected to C?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
Though there are several ensembles, the piece’s structure is essentially the “La Ronde” idea, in which A dances with B, B with C, C with D and so on.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2012
The structure -- A meets B, B meets C, and so on until the last character encounters A -- comes from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the arbor of the balance-wheel is a roller, or plate, R, which carries a small pin, I. Two pins, B B, projecting from the plate of the watch prevent the lever moving too far.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams
They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and, when A gives a check to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill
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