DDD
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of DDD
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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The researchers tested AIM's clinical exome reanalysis on a dataset of UDN and DDD cases and found that it was able to correctly identify 57% of diagnosable cases.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024
The brand has historically offered up to a size DDD, with sizes in the D range difficult to find in stock.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2021
Among these living carriers were fish that had hatched nine months after the last application of DDD.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017
My sense of Palestine in the late 1940s is courtesy of DDD.
From Time • Jan. 23, 2016
A can of a mothproofing material containing DDD, for example, carries in very fine print the warning that its contents are under pressure and that it may burst if exposed to heat or open flame.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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