bf
abbreviation
bf
1 American
[bee-ef]
/ ˈbiˈɛf /
BF
2
American
abbreviation
bf.
3
American
abbreviation
Law.
B/F
4
American
Accounting.
B.F.
5
American
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Finance.
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Bachelor of Forestry.
B/F
1
British
abbreviation
bf
2
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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“Isn’t he too old to be my bf? lol”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“Planned Parenthood wants $650. My bf and I live in our car.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2016
Your baby - you chose but stop justifying your choice to give up bf - no one is asking you to people.
From Time ● May 14, 2013
Little did Clements-Jeffrey and her bf, Carlton Smith, know that the laptop had theft-recovery security software installed on it.
From Forbes ● Aug. 30, 2011
They had a year bf joy, twelve months of the strange heaven which the salmon know on beds of river shingle, under the gin-clear water.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
BF Hicks, a local lawyer whose family has owned land in the county since the 1800s, says he watched neighbours sign 30-year leases with solar companies and bulldozers clear centuries-old oak trees near his property.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Its creator, Jonathan Badeen, was partly inspired by studying the 1940s experiments of psychologist BF Skinner, who conditioned hungry pigeons to believe that food delivered randomly into a tray was prompted by their movements.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
At the time, Trump Media disclosed that BF Borgers had also handled its audits before it went public by merging with shell company Digital World Acquisition Corp.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
The regulator held BF Borgers and its owner, Benjamin F. Borger, responsible for “deliberate and systemic failures” to comply with accounting rules.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
“He hates violence. BF says it never solves anything, and only spreads more violence and hatred.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
He came from a blue-collar home where his dad, Gary, drove a truck for B.F.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
Modern dog training is rooted in the mid-20th-century work of American psychologist B.F.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
A major proponent of such conditioning was psychologist B.F.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
As a child, her father took her to see the first computer at B.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
"B.F. for Wearyville," interjected Bill as he got up.
From The Kangaroo Marines by R. W. Campbell
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