DH
abbreviation
DH
1 American
Or
dh
abbreviation
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Racing. dead heat.
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dear/darling husband (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's husband).
My DH really likes this place.
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Baseball. designated hitter.
DH.
2
American
abbreviation
D.H.
3
American
abbreviation
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Doctor of Humanics.
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Doctor of Humanities.
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Ohtani locked down the starting DH spot for the National League squad, with 3,341,257 votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The DH is, therefore, "unable to move forward on this matter whilst the UK Government formulates its position in response to the recommendations".
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
So Ohtani isn’t permitted to move from DH to pitcher and then back to DH.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
However, if he starts the game as a DH and pitches out of the bullpen, the Dodgers would lose the DH once his relief appearance is over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
The second initial here stands for Havilland, as the DH was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland, a British inventor.
From The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest by Thompson, Holland
“I don’t like to think I’m going be the first baseman or DH. I’m the catcher. I prepare myself to catch 162 games, more than that if we’re in the playoffs.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
“He can play the corner outfield spots, first base, DH. He gives us a lot of flexibility and makes us a deeper and more balanced team. “We felt like the bullpen was a strength.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2014
"I don't think you'll see the standard six-day-a-week DH. You'll see guys rotate through, and whoever is swinging the bat will get a lion's share of the playing time."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2014
The critic Sylvia Lynd accused Murry of “boiling Katherine’s bones to make soup”; D.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Discussing her encounters across several decades with works by such authors as Colette, D.H.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Wilson Observatory hosts a chamber music or jazz concert in the dome, which was founded in 1904 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and designed by D.H.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
She won her first Academy Award in 1971 as lead actress for her role as a headstrong artist in director Ken Russell's film of D.H.
From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2023
And bycause that the lyne D.H. and the lyne F.H. doo meete in H, I saye that H. is the centre that serueth to those iij. prickes.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
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