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
The B.D.S. movement was founded in 2005 with a statement of principles, written collectively and known as the B.D.S. call.
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
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
He said that Reisner told him Psy-Group’s operations in the U.S. against B.D.S. activists were legal.
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
If successful, the deal would give Airbus some say over Evidian, which groups Atos' most coveted assets such as cybersecurity division BDS and supercomputers.
From Reuters ● Feb. 20, 2023
In its statement, Unilever reiterated that it does not support the BDS movement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Cr. 8vo, 6s. ea.; post 8vo, bds 2s.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
State chapter.Ireland, wom. suff. in, 343; wom. on school and poor law bds.,
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illust. bds, 2s.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
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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