DP
abbreviation
DP
1 American
D/P
2
American
d.p.
3
American
abbreviation
D.P.
4
American
abbreviation
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data processing.
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displaced person.
DP
1
British
abbreviation
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data processing
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displaced person
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(in South Africa) Democratic Party
D/P
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of d.p.
From Latin dīrēctiōne prōpriā
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Rahm is scheduled to play in the DP World Tour’s penultimate event of the season next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Players will have until 16 November to sign up to the DP World Tour for next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Around 15 LIV players, including Rahm, Hatton, Victor Perez and Tom McKibbin, have "status" with the DP World Tour, meaning they have eligibility under one of the membership categories.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
But the cost of this is paid by the world, not by DP World.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Our identity had been reduced to three letters: I DP.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
After one half-life, half the parent has decayed so there is 50% daughter and 50% parent, a 50/50 ratio, with D/P = 1.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
I remember him telling Robby Müller, our d.p. — brilliant guy, wonderful man — he didn’t care whether we hit our marks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
In re-creating stretches of the bygone Mexico City of his childhood, Cuarón both continues and departs from the virtuosic, hyper-alert style he developed with his longtime d.p.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2019
The company cites Squid Game and D.P., two popular Korean Netflix dramas, as part of the cause.
From The Verge ● Oct. 1, 2021
Ending conscription won't solve all the problems if broader military culture doesn't change as well, said pop culture critic Kim Hern-sik, who served as a D.P.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2021
D.P., and G.P. planned, conducted, and analysed assemblies; M.-C.L.,
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
We said, let’s go to Detroit for a short time, let’s get our favorite D.P., let’s get our producer.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2012
FitzPatrick, in 'The Transvaal from Within'—a book to which all subsequent writers upon the subject must acknowledge their obligations—narrates how in 1896 he was approached by Mr. D.P.
From The Great Boer War by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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