DAT
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DAT
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dat.
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DAT
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dat.
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The intermodal spot rate was well below the $3.05 a mile average spot rate for the most common type of big rigs for the week ending June 13, according to DAT Freight & Analytics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hyperliquid Strategies serves as a digital-asset treasury company, or DAT.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
The DAT also has practical advantages, as it takes only two to four minutes to complete and can be accessed online by the general public.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026
Baltimore police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said that in addition to conducting proactive patrols, DAT officers “focus on making strategic arrests of key individuals that are perpetuating violent crime.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
One was running CNN’s Web site through a DAT projector, throwing oversized current-affairs images against the back wall.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
“Tell me dat. Go on now,” she said, toiling upward.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“Naw, naw, Janie. Ah know better’n dat. But since you got dat in yo’ head, Ah’ll have tuh tell yuh de real truth, so yuh can know.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
“Lawd knows dat. Go git it, den,” she said, rising.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“Dat’s too bad. But Rev’un Shegog’ll kyo dat. He'll give her de comfort en de unburdenin.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Friendly, dat. w. adjs. signifying, 192, 1. frūctus, decl.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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