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    dr
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    Dr
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  • DR
    DR
    abbreviation
    dining room.
  • dr.
    dr.
    abbreviation
    debit.
  • Dr.
    Dr.
    abbreviation
    Doctor.
  • D.R.
    D.R.
    abbreviation
    Daughters of the (American) Revolution.

dr

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. door.

  2. dram; drams.


Dr 2 American  

abbreviation

Chiefly British.
  1. Doctor.


DR 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Real Estate. dining room.


dr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. debit.

  2. debtor.

  3. drachma; drachmas.

  4. dram; drams.

  5. drawer.

  6. drum.


Dr. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor.

  2. Drive (used in street names).


D.R. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Daughters of the (American) Revolution.

  2. Navigation. dead reckoning.

  3. Dutch Reformed.


dr 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. debtor

  2. Also: dr..  dram

  3. drawer

"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

dr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. debit

  2. Also: dr.  dram

  3. (the former) drachma

"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

Dr 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor

  2. (in street names) Drive

"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

DR 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. dry riser

"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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Together with colleagues from Wageningen University and 12 other research institutions from the US, France, Argentina, Italy and Chile, dr.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2024

According to Vulture, in 2022, Petras tweeted in response to a fan asking her to “stop defending dr luke” by writing, “I have nothing to say or be ashamed of at all.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 27, 2023

If we are asked to calculate an integral of the form ∫CF · dr, then our first question should be: Is F conservative?

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Evaluate ∮CF · dr for F = ⟨ 0, −z, 2y ⟩ , where C has a counterclockwise orientation when viewed from above.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

He shook Horace by the jaw and shouted, “What dr aw erf!”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Dr Simon Kaye, author of the Re:State report told the BBC that No 10 North had to be big enough to outlast the Burnham administration.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It has been described as the third-worst outbreak on record by WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Dr Paul Williams, a bumblebee expert at the Natural History Museum, says foraging is an energy calculation for bumblebees.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

"Comparing bonobos and chimpanzees - our two closest relatives - offers fascinating insight into the evolutionary roots of social behaviour and how they, and we, manage tension, competition and cooperation," said Dr Jake Brooker.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

For a second I think about the way Dr.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

According to the World Health Organization, as of 19 July the DR Congo government has recorded 2,423 confirmed cases of Ebola, including 967 deaths, since the outbreak was declared in mid-May.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa's performances for Sweden and DR Congo respectively will have offered Newcastle United a little encouragement.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

England were only 15 minutes away from humiliation against DR Congo until Kane saved them.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

DR Congo superfan Michel Kuka Mboladinga, better known as Lumumba Vea or the "living statue", became one of the most recognisable spectators early on in the tournament.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Put one after another, Alfred, panting, huffing, low steps but hundreds of them, thousands of them in the darkness, the stairs so steep he sometimes fell to all fours, scrambling higher, past the sign, DR.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

"A few months ago my dr. was doing some routine lab work and found that I was anemic," Monroe captioned her post.

From Fox News Jul. 13, 2021

We've asked and invited her to engage more but the excuses just multiply - I ache, I have a meeting, I have a dr. appointment, the list goes on and on.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2018

It is then made up to 4 oz. with boiling water, and, when cold, a solution of 1 dr. of ammonium chloride in 2 oz. of water is added.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

On the lid of the box containing Hooper's Pills was stamped this inscription: dr. john hooper's female pills: by the king's patent 21 july 1743 no.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.

On the 31st of July 1906 the paper issue had been reduced to 152,775,975 dr., and the amount in circulation was 124,668,057 dr.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

“Measles doesn’t only affect people who travel or live internationally—everyone is at risk if they’re not protected,” said Dr. Anissa Davis, a deputy county health officer in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Dr. Noble conducted the research with an international team of mathematical biologists.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Dr. Dalrymple is sharing anecdotes, but hard data supports his observations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Her adoptive parent, Dr. Ilene Andrews, is a linguistics expert and Kong researcher, played by Rebecca Hall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

When he was an old man, Dr. Henry J. Bigelow wore a long beard and sober clothes, befitting one of Boston's senior surgeons.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"Oh D.R. me that was close!" it laments.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Over the past several years, Berkshire has held stakes in other large public builders, such as D.R.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Celebrity justice in the D.R. can be perplexing, and Judge José Antonio Núñez admitted as much.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Now, the Haydens are involved in the Louisiana litigation against D.R.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

His father was a Dominican migrant worker who met his mother picking blueberries in Cherryfield, got her pregnant, moved back to the D.R. to shack up with a local girl, and never looked back.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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