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
In this notation, P, Q, and R are functions, and we think of dr as vector ⟨ dx, dy, dz ⟩ .
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
We need to find the value of ∫CF · dr.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Goodby Miss Kinnian and dr Strauss and evrybody...
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Dr Sing Chor-wing, from the same department, served as the study's first author.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
But, Dr Emmerson added, you should "pick the right time to talk about things that are difficult - not late at night, not when they've just come through the door".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Egypt's health minister Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said people were being treated for broken bones and head injuries.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Gross warned that Dr Seuss films don't typically perform well outside the United States, but may be able to make up for that by earning money on streaming platforms or through television rights.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Javaneh Esfahani claimed she was physiologically incapable of burping, so she always used a straw to drink her Dr Pepper from the can.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
The ongoing outbreak centred on DR Congo is fuelled by the Bundibugyo variant of the virus.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe told AFP last week that his country should not be a "scapegoat" for events in DR Congo.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The US Treasury said Rwanda's defence ministry directed thousands of troops to fight alongside M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, providing weapons, equipment, logistics and training.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
He returned to DR Congo in 2025 and appeared in rebel-held Goma.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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
Shortly after mid-day, while the sun beats strongly upon the terrace, abud is working dexterously at the rose trees. dr. remnant comes down the steps, hatted, and carrying a stick and a book.
From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Harley Granville-Barker
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
She goes with her husband. mrs. opie comes hurriedly out of the dining-room, too late. mrs. opie. Oh! dr. remnant. Run . .
From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Harley Granville-Barker
Second strokes are more likely to be disabling, said Johnson’s neurologist, Dr. Andrew Russman, the medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at the Cleveland Clinic, who wants to put Johnson on the drug indefinitely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
"I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I'm a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he's sacred territory."
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
“All the indirect evidence suggests that it’s safer than aspirin,” said Dr. Ashkan Shoamanesh, a stroke neurologist at McMaster University in Canada and one of the study’s lead investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
"This makes sense when you think about it," Dr. Niethammer says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Now Dr. Damasio has Phineas's skull on a computer screen.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
For the fiscal year ending September 2027, D.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Fresh off closing its $6.8 billion deal for home builder Taylor Morrison, Berkshire Hathaway bought a new, albeit small, stake in D.R.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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
“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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