dg
decigram; decigrams.
dg
1 American
D.G.
2
American
abbreviation
D.G.
3
American
abbreviation
DG
1
British
abbreviation
-
Deo gratias
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director-general
dg
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of D.G.
From Latin Deī grātiā
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The other winners announced Tuesday by Yale University, where the awards are administered, are the nonfiction writers Susan Williams and Darran Anderson and the poets Alexis Pauline Gumbs and dg nanouk okpik.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Development of paragraphs, methods of, 222-223. dg, words containing, 25.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
Gyles, nomen viri, can not be written dgiles; nor giles doli, ggiles; nether behind the voual ar they general; age, rage, suage, are never wrytten with dg.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
In words containing dg, as in judge and lodge, the d gives the g the soft sound, and there is no need to retain the e before adding a suffix, as in judgment.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
It also illustrates c, g, and dg, followed by silent e.
From The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 by Walter Taylor Field
Yet, it's likely that those of the opinion of American-Israeli scholar Martin Kramer would say of Dr. King’s daughter the same he said of Michelle Alexander and Robin D.G.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2023
“Those clashing intervals, you know?” the Monk biographer Robin D.G.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
“During that entire voting process, no polling staff or official from that polling place ever assisted D.G. in curbside voting,” the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
The slender volume also includes its author’s slyly self-deprecatory epitaph: “Here lies D.G. A poet? Who can say?/ He didn’t even have an MFA.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
Frontispiece after the original water-colour sketch for "Dante's Dream," by D.G.
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Bliss Carman
Dollar General DG 0.16%increase; up pointing triangle lifted its outlook for the year as profit and sales climbed in the latest quarter, boosted by consumers’ continued reliance on the company for low-cost goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dollar General DG -0.79%decrease; red down pointing triangle logged higher profit and sales in its fiscal fourth quarter, boosted by higher traffic and actions the company has taken to improve profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
He will be replaced by an interim DG, Rhodri Talfan Davies, who has been director of nations since 2021 and is currently leading the BBC's work on generative AI.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
"Surely this time the DG has to go?"
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
Now it is marvellous why the rays CE and DG, incident from the air on the lower crystal, do not divide themselves the same as the first ray AB.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
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