dd
abbreviation
today's date.
dd
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dd
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American
DD
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Biology, Ecology. data deficient.
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damage dealer: (in a video game) a category of job classes in a role-playing game, best suited to inflict large amounts of damage to an enemy: Also DPS
If you need a DD, I have a level 49 Warrior, or a level 45 Hunter—if a ranged attack would be better.
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dear/darling daughter (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's daughter).
DD moving into her own apt today!
dd.
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D/D
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Commerce.
D.D.
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demand draft.
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Doctor of Divinity.
DD
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Also: dd. direct debit
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Doctor of Divinity
Etymology
Origin of dd
From Latin dē datō
Example Sentences
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The author does not think much of this simple "dd reaction."
From Time Magazine Archive
Similarly the other particles of the sphere DCF, such as bb, dd, etc., will each make its own wave.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
The gametes they produce are D+d and d+d, and the fertilisations are therefore Dd, Dd, dd, dd, or heterozygote dominants and pure recessives in equal numbers.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
Consonantal assimilation of nk to kk, mb to bb, mp to pp, ðl to ll, zd and rd to dd, corresponding to similar assimilation in Scand.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Remigius, a iudge in these cases reporteth of 900 executed in Lorayne for this offence of Witch-craft in the time of his gouernement. dd.
From A Treatise of Witchcraft by Alexander Roberts
DuPont DD 3.12%increase; up pointing triangle de Nemours reported a higher profit in the second quarter as sales rose across the chemicals and materials company’s segments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
DuPont DD -1.79%decrease; red down pointing triangle de Nemours lifted its outlook and plans to buy back $275 million of stock after swinging to a profit in the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
DD said most Croatians were "generally friendly", but without the ability to speak the local language, he had struggled to fit in.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
DD Cafe didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
With all of her focus on JP, it seems like DD loses her mind control over Alex—he snaps out of his daze.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Iza later told Saavedra that he thought Zelocchi’s associate, D.D., might have the laptop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
So, I recently did the second-best thing and read D.D.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
Amtrak service was temporarily halted in the area, Allison Papson of FOX 5 in Washington, D.D., reported on Twitter.
From Fox News ● Jul. 9, 2021
Sharing the bill is the baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, joined by the tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, the pianist D.D.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
Before sailing for India he received the degree of D.D. from the university of Oxford.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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