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DMF

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abbreviation

  1. dimethylformamide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The DMF is one of the most important and closely supervised databases in the Social Security Administration’s possession.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Social Security maintains the main list, known as the Death Master File, usually known as the DMF among government agencies.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2023

While Social Security’s DMF is usually at fault, investigators uncovered some accounts the IRS locked even though the Social Security data didn’t flag them as deceased.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Safety is a huge concern, as DMF is known to be toxic to the nervous system, and the implications of DMF emissions aren't fully understood.

From Nature • Jun. 22, 2011

To test their premise, the Czechs dripped solutions containing 1, 10 and 100 micrograms of DMF on three groups of ten male linden-bugs, then placed each group in a separate container with ten normal females.

From Time Magazine Archive

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