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  DAT

  abbreviation

  digital audiotape.
• dat.
  dat.

  abbreviation

  dative.

DAT

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. digital audiotape.

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dat. ² American  

abbreviation

1. dative.

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DAT ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. digital audio tape

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dat. ² British  

abbreviation

1. dative

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Example Sentences

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DAT dat.

Total loads posted to the DAT One spot truckload market in the week ended Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

I’d almost asked her if she’d heard that they hardly ever made vinyl records anymore—that it was all CDs and MP3s and DAT files.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

“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

“Tell me dat. Go on now,” she said, toiling upward.

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

“Lawd knows dat. Go git it, den,” she said, rising.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

If an occurs in the nom. sing. or as the subject, it is always ans; if it occur as a gen., dat., or acc., it is always an.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

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