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• BP
  BP

  beautiful people; beautiful person.
• bp.
  bp.

  abbreviation

  baptized.
• B/P
  B/P

  bills payable.
• b.p.
  b.p.

  abbreviation

  basis point.
• B.P.
  B.P.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Pharmacy.
• bp
  bp

  abbreviation

  (of alcoholic density) below proof

BP

¹ American  

1. beautiful people; beautiful person.

2. See B.P..

3. blood pressure.

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bp. ² American  

abbreviation

1. baptized.

2. birthplace.

3. bishop.

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B/P ³ American  

Commerce.

1. bills payable.

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b.p. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Finance. basis point.

2. below proof.

3. Commerce. bills payable.

4. Physics, Chemistry. boiling point.

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B.P. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.

2. Bachelor of Philosophy.

3. Finance. basis point.

4. Archaeology. before (the) present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950.

   between 2 and 3 million years B.P.;

   human groups living in cities by 5000 B.P.

5. Commerce. bills payable.

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bp ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (of alcoholic density) below proof

2. boiling point

3. bishop

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BP ² British  

abbreviation

1. blood pressure

2. British Pharmacopoeia

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BP ramped up jet fuel production by 30% in May before going full-throttle on diesel after prices soared over the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Find insight on oil futures, BP, Iberdrola and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

On Sunday the kingdom began hosting the World Petroleum Congress, an event that normally draws oil heavyweights from across the world, including energy ministers as well as CEOs from BP, Exxon Mobil Corp.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

At least six more are currently under review for approval, BP Batam told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

There’s only one moment of pause, and it’s after the woman behind the counter swipes Lacey’s BP card.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Beast-fables, origin of, 239, 299.Beaumont, bp. of Durham, 318.Beauty unadorned, 46.Beggar and Khoja, 68.Bendall,

From Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by William Alexander Clouston

Severus, bp. of Antioch, you also consider a “not unambiguous” witness.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon

Burnell, Robert, bp. of Bath and Wells, 163, 164, 171.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt

Bergen, Henry of, bp. of Cambray, 68, 102, 104, 176, 204.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by P. S. (Percy Stafford) Allen

Burghersh, Henry, bp. of Lincoln, 185, 186, 195.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt

Smith, B. D. & Yarnell, R. A. Initial formation of an indigenous crop complex in eastern North America at 3800 b.p.

From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017

Figure 6 shows a slightly later ovum than Figure 5, seen from the dorsal side. b.p. is the blastopore.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

This stage is called the gastrula stage; ar. is the cavity of the gastrula, the archenteron; b.p. is its opening or blastopore.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

“He was so busy chasing imaginary ‘culture’ problems in B.P., he forgot his primary job,” the union wrote.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

M.M. and B.P. — plus grand jury and trial immunity orders for a fourth person identified as M.H.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

Did the Toba volcanic eruption of ∼74 ka B.P. produce widespread glaciation?

From Nature ● Mar. 11, 2018

"There are usually thunderstorms this time of year, but these rains have not been occurring," said B.P.

From Reuters ● May 23, 2016

Scientists usually report C14 dates with their potential error, as in 3000 ± 150 B.P.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The two-year Treasury yield rose 0.2 basis points to 4.253%, the 10-year yield was up 0.1 bp to 4.712% and the 30-year yield was flat at 5.239%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The 10-year JGB yield is unchanged at 2.830% while the 30-year yield is up 1 bp at 4.085%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The five-year JGB yield is up 1 bp at 1.890%; the 20-year yield is up 1 bp at 3.545%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The yield on No. 381 10-year JGB is down 1 bp at 2.650%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

If aq − bp = −1 we obtain the general solution x = bt − cq, y = cp − at, which is of the same form as in the preceding case.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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