b.d.s.
abbreviation
(in prescriptions) to be taken twice a day.
b.d.s.
1 Americanabbreviation
B.D.S.
2
American
abbreviation
BDS
1
British
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery
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Barbados (international car registration)
bds
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of b.d.s.
From Latin bis diē sūmendum
Example Sentences
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B.D.S. is particularly sensitive in Germany, where protecting Israel is a cornerstone of its postwar foreign policy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2020
Sharon Brous, a leading progressive rabbi in Los Angeles, told me that liberals who embrace Zionism find themselves torn over B.D.S.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
He thanked the speakers who opened for him, including the curtain raiser, the Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King, who declared his full support for the B.D.S. movement less than a year earlier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
A former Psy-Group employee said these so-called name-and-shame tactics were often effective at silencing individual B.D.S. activists.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2019
Project Butterfly called for Psy-Group operatives to disseminate negative information about B.D.S. activists in ways that could not be traced back to the company or its donors.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2019
After a certain point, he changed his mind and became a supporter of BDS.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
Fencing can be effective but comes with significant costs, requires ongoing maintenance and also has the unintended consequence of excluding other wildlife from woodlands, the BDS says.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
“Many, perhaps most, Jewish people view BDS against Israel as a double standard,” said Mark Yudof, a law professor at Berkeley and former president of UC, using an acronym for “boycott, divestment and sanctions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
In its statement, Unilever reiterated that it does not support the BDS movement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Atos plans to spin off BDS and combine it with its services operations.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2022
State chapter.Ireland, wom. suff. in, 343; wom. on school and poor law bds.,
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illust. bds, 2s.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
Cr. 8vo, 6s. ea.; post 8vo, bds 2s.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
JOHNSON'S WORKS, by MURPHY, 12 vols. 8vo. bds, uncut. 3l.
From Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 by Various
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