dl
abbreviation
deciliter; deciliters.
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Baseball, Older Use. disabled list.
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Slang. down-low (used in the idiomon the down-low ).
Nate told me on the DL what happened, so I’m not saying a word without his OK.
D/L
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dl
British
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From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
Cunard's Mauretania, commissioned in 1907, is still the fastest British ship but her old records have been broken by Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Conte dl Savoia and Rex.
From Time Magazine Archive
W. Norse kadl exhibits the change of ll to dl.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
R. A. Hiervan is reeds gebruik gemaakt door Tiele, Bijdr., 5e R., dl.
And let each bisegment be cut proportionally in the points d, c, g; so that the lesser segments doe bound the bisecant, to wit, dl, cm, and gr.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
On Sunday, the sheriff's Dive Team and Search and Rescue was continuing the search for victims near the shores of the DL Bliss State Park, where the accident occurred.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
“For thousands of years, the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians have called the lands in the Chuckwalla National Monument home,” said Joseph DL Mirelez, chairman of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025
Also that day are PrideFest, the annual street fair in the West Village, and Bliss Days, a celebration of queer women at the DL Rooftop and Lounge.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
Two-time Pro Bowl DL Jeffery Simmons has missed two games with an injured knee.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Follow the line DL in cutting the deck.
From Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
The real question, though, is not with the D/L formula but the fact that the minimum number of overs that constitute a Twenty20 match is as low as five.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2010
The price tags on comparable U.S. subcompacts are significantly higher: $4,289 for a two-door Chevette hatchback, $4,492 for American Motors' Spirit D/L, $5,271 for the two-door Omni hatchback.
From Time Magazine Archive
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