Cr
chromium.
Cr
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
CR
2
American
cr.
3
American
abbreviation
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credit.
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creditor.
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crown.
C.R.
4
American
abbreviation
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Costa Rica.
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Banking. credit report.
CR
1
British
abbreviation
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Community of the Resurrection
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Costa Rica
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Costa Rica (international car registration)
Cr
2
British
abbreviation
symbol
cr.
3
British
abbreviation
-
credit
-
creditor
cr
4
British
abbreviation
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Unfortunately, this conventional single-passivation mechanism based on Cr has halted further advancement of stainless steel.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
The iron half-reaction is already balanced, but the chromium half-reaction shows two Cr atoms on the left and one Cr atom on the right.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
When the Cr is forced into this environment, its electronic states become altered, which changes the way the material absorbs and emits light.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 25, 2013
Aurora; Cal R. Thurlby, 55, of the 1200 block of Townes Cr.,
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 13, 2012
Diamine jet black Cr, 3 lb. soda and 20 lb.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
CR renews one of the oldest pieces of advice in the car shopping world for 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025
“Even the second-year examples of a new model can have issues. When a car has a low score in its first year, it sometimes takes its automaker more time to address the problems,” CR writes.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025
You guys did pass your CR a month ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Many of the carbonated beverages CR tested contained measurable amounts of PFAS.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
The flow of the mercury is regulated by the steel rod and cylinder, CR, Figure 1.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
He was cr. an Earl on his retirement in 1880, and was in 1887 appointed Ambassador at Paris, where he d. in 1891.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
One Vol., cr. 8vo, cloth extra. 7s. 6d.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
The text has been reissued by the same firm in two cr. 8vo vols, under the title of L'Heptam�ron des contes, etc.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George
London, 1831-33, Pres. of the British Association 1864, knighted in 1848, and cr. a Baronet in 1864.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Each with Frontispiece, cr. 8vo, cl., 6s. net each.
From A History of the United States by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The range is a "physical barrier for dust storms and heat waves" from the western Thar desert, said ecologist C.R.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
That Sunday, the FBI jet landed in San Angelo, Texas, where Patel visited the Boondoggle Ranch, owned by the family of a Republican donor and friend of Patel’s, C.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
While Mr. Dingell’s office was publicly boasting in 1974 of his bill to restrict “Saturday night specials,” cheap handguns often used in crimes, C.R.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Al-Hilal advances to play South American champion C.R.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
Not less remarkable has been the new development in the design and workmanship of jewelry, gold- and silversmiths’ work, and enamels, with which the names of Alexander Fisher, Henry Wilson, Nelson Dawson and C.R.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Haridwar, Uttarakhand | Parents move court against son&daughter-in-law, demand grandchildren/Rs 5 cr compensation.
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
Perhaps this is why mine are so cr… er, amateurish.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2014
If you live another ten years and then drop dead, your widow will have 115,200 cr.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one could doubt the Geological Sur vey cr Painter Thomas Moran.
From Time Magazine Archive
The small italics throughout signify the following homologous parts: m, medulla; cb, cerebellum; op, optic lobes; cr, cerebrum and thalamus; ol, olfactory lobes.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John
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