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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Europe’s DP World Tour is set to see an influx of talent—and it’s fraught with tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Some have said they plan to play on Europe’s DP World Tour, which has much smaller purses. But playing well enough there at least gives them the chance to earn back their PGA Tour cards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Several plan to play on the DP World Tour next season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Garcia was sanctioned by the DP World Tour for breaking its rules when he defected to LIV, making him ineligible for the 2023 Ryder Cup.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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
I had an experience on “Oppenheimer” where we were doing a driving shot and it’s me and Nolan and the D.P. and driver, and we had to address something on the car.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
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
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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