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!
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demand draft.
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Doctor of Divinity.
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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
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Hegelian Philosophy.3.Fichte and Schelling.4.Hegel.5.Kant is the only writer who has confused this idea of reason, and in this connection I refer the reader to the Appendix, and also to my “Grundprobleme der Ethik”: Grundl. dd.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
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 Cunningham, J. T.
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 Roberts, Alexander
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 Flom, George Tobias
DuPont de Nemours DD 2.78%increase; green up pointing triangle said it would undergo a reverse stock split on a 1-for-3 basis and reaffirmed its guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
"I just came to work and live peacefully," DD, who asked to be referred to only by his initials, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
The Garden Grove Police Department conducted an investigation into DD Cafe on McFadden Avenue in response to “complaints of illegal activity,” according to a police news release posted last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
DuPont de Nemours DD 4.95%increase; green up pointing triangle recorded higher third-quarter sales, authorized $2 billion in stock repurchases and declared a quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Meet some of my friends, Nichole,” DD says.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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“Shout out to D.D., man,” wide receiver Keenan Allen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
So, I recently did the second-best thing and read D.D.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
“McHooligan” Schmidt, a Texas billionaire who functions, much in the manner of Heinlein’s famous D.D.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021
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
George Griffith, D.D., was born at Penrhyn, Caernarvonshire, in 1601.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Williams, Robert
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