dg
decigram; decigrams.
dg
1 American
D.G.
2
American
abbreviation
D.G.
3
American
abbreviation
DG
1
British
abbreviation
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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
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
It also illustrates c, g, and dg, followed by silent e.
From The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 by Walter Taylor Field
Development of paragraphs, methods of, 222-223. dg, words containing, 25.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
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
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
In a recent interview at The New Yorker, contributing writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor spoke with historian Robin D.G.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
In the front row, an arm’s length from the grand piano, sat one of his mentors, the historian Robin D.G.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
The gold chain that got away Robin D.G.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
The Manifesto led to the resignation of a few distinguished members, including Professor D.G.
From The History of the Fabian Society by Edward R. Pease
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 -0.61%decrease; red down pointing triangle logged higher profit and sales in its fiscal first quarter as it opened new stores and as consumers continued relying on the company for low-cost goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
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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