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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

The area dA in polar coordinates becomes r dr dθ.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Redo the previous example with the order of integration dθ dz dr.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Goodby Miss Kinnian and dr Strauss and evrybody...

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Fellow Author Dr Phil Bierwirth, a retired environmental geoscientist affiliated with the ANU Emeritus Faculty, emphasized that the study does not establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

"I actually think that what we are seeing is because our bodies are not adapting," Dr Bierwirth said.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

The findings of Dr Blake's review will be closely scrutinised.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

However expert witness Dr Timothy Burge, a burns specialist, told the court that it was his view the heat injuries did not cause the baby's death.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

It’s Sunday morning, the day of the tag sale, and I still haven’t heard a word from Dr.

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

"It was a mistake on our part, a mistake that will not be repeated," its managing director Roderick McIllree told Danish public broadcaster DR in late July.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

WHO vaccine experts on Friday recommended a full-scale human trial of the only existing approved Ebola vaccine to see if it offers cross-protection against a deadly strain spreading in the DR Congo.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

And in another alarming update, authorities in DR Congo confirmed on Thursday that the virus was spreading much faster than in previous outbreaks.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Uganda acted fast, but it also had an advantage over DR Congo when it came to responding to the virus.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

I think...I think we’re all going to have to go back to the DR.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

"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

The revenue accruing to the government in 1905 was 1,418,158 dr., as compared with 583,991 dr. in 1883.

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

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 George B. Griffenhagen

Forced currency was first introduced in 1868, when 15,000,000 dr. in paper money was issued; it was abolished in the following year, but reintroduced in 1877 with a paper issue of 44,000,000 dr.

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

"You don't have to eat less," Dr. Kahleova said.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Lead author Dr. Alberto Cruz did not set out to discover a new species.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“I determined after being there for a while that it wasn’t the right place for me to raise a family,” said Dr. Rollins.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Clinical geneticist Dr. Xiao P. Peng, who helped confirm Hinken’s family’s diagnoses, said the tools still make mistakes and are better at generating possible leads, translating complex medical jargon and compiling research than making diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Yet Dr. Harlow has private doubts about Phineas's mental state.

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

Recent trends suggest takeovers of the largest home builders, such as D.R.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 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

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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