- a variation of drch..
dr
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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.
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Doctor.
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Drive (used in street names).
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debtor
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Also: dr.. dram
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drawer
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debit
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Also: dr. dram
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(the former) drachma
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Doctor
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(in street names) Drive
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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
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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
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"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
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"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
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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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