dr
abbreviation
door.
dr
1 American
Dr
2
American
abbreviation
Chiefly British.
DR
3
American
abbreviation
dr.
4
American
abbreviation
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debit.
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debtor.
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drachma; drachmas.
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dram; drams.
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drawer.
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drum.
Dr.
5
American
abbreviation
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Doctor.
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Drive (used in street names).
D.R.
6
American
dr
1
British
abbreviation
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debtor
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Also: dr.. dram
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drawer
dr.
2
British
abbreviation
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debit
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Also: dr. dram
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(the former) drachma
Dr
3
British
abbreviation
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Doctor
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(in street names) Drive
DR
4
British
abbreviation
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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
Another standard notation for integral ∫CF · dr is ∫CPdx + Qdy + Rdz.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Since ∫ F • dr ≠ ∫ F • dr, the value of a line integral of F depends on the path between two given points.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
He shook Horace by the jaw and shouted, “What dr aw erf!”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Mr. Pibb was launched in 1972 to compete with Dr Pepper and was renamed Pibb Xtra in 2001.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Von Hagens, an anatomist, lecturer and entrepreneur nicknamed "Dr Death," in the 1970s invented the plastination process, which involves removing water and fat from human and animal tissue and replacing them with chemical compounds.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
In April 2023, the last member of the Mayo 1951 panel, Dr Mick Loftus, passed away.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Dr Nicola Fox, who grew up in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, said she had been struck by the number of women now graduating in physics and engineering when she returned to the University of Surrey.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
I just blinked at him for a second and then said, “Um, yeah. I’ll have a Dr Pepper.”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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
Tuchel was asked if he had studied data which showed England's physical performance levels against Argentina were lower than the DR Congo game in the same stadium earlier in the tournament.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
When England were behind to DR Congo in the last 32, it was Kane's late double that pulled them away from the precipice.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
England were only 15 minutes away from humiliation against DR Congo until Kane saved them.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
His loud Dominican voice boomed back: him and his family was flying to DR on Christmas Day tomorrow.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
"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
Dissolve 23 gr. of nitrate of silver in hot water, add 1-1/2 dr. of alcohol and keep the whole solution by heating.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Here is one from the parish of Therfield— Therfield Parish dr. to H. Hodge.
From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred
It was abolished a second time in 1884, but again put into circulation in 1885, when paper loans to the amount of 45,000,000 dr. were authorized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Dr. Satel is a psychiatrist, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dr. Russell put Cosmo on medication, but he never improved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Psychiatry’s embrace of Dr. Snyder’s finding was foreshadowed by a convergence of pre-existing forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The day she arrived, Dr. Kathryn Rasp is shown examining the raptor, stretching out a large wing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dr. Harlow wants Phineas to come in off the porch so he can treat his wound.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The downshift is based on both the past nine months of results and current market conditions, D.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Oh D.R. me that was close!" it laments.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
A new single-family home that was purchased from homebuilder D.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
“Yes, blit all they put on Dominican radio be D.R. music, merengue and such. They not so interested in Haitian politics in Dominican Republic.”
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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