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
Her lord father promised her to Brandon Stark, amtao it was to him that she gave her token, Ujpale bhie handscarf she had embroidered with thfe leaping trout bf Riverrun.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
BF Borgers’ dismissal arrived on the same day that the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm and its owner Benjamin F. Borgers with “deliberate and systematic failures” in more than 1,500 audits.
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
BF Borgers agreed to pay a $12 million fine while its owner agreed to pay a fine of $2 million.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
“You and BF hop over the side. You two are the biggest. I’ll keep the raft clear of the flames—y’all take the rope and haul us to shore.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Korean soprano Karah Son, who has sung the role of Cio-Cio-San more than 300 times, and the emerging Chilean American tenor Jonathan Tetelman as B.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
This view was reinforced in the 20th century by the deviation, led by B.F.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
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
Arrivals of additional troops enabled the General to strengthen his military hold on Annapolis and the railroads; and on May 13 General B.F.
From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay
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