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
-
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
Since C1 is a specific curve, we can evaluate ∫ F · dr.
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
"It's brilliant to see how far we have come in the last 10 years," said Dr David Megson, reader in environmental forensics at Manchester Metropolitan University.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Counselling psychologist Dr Sarah Emmerson told the BBC that love languages are still mentioned regularly in her sessions.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Dr Sing Chor-wing, from the same department, served as the study's first author.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Pędziwiatr said his colleague, who has been named by local media as Dr Mateusz Wierdak, used his hand to stem the bleeding from the most severely injured policeman, allowing time for an ambulance to arrive.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
I mopped up the carbonated explosion on the table while Javaneh sipped her Dr Pepper through a straw.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
The current outbreak in DR Congo has been caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which is relatively rare, with no approved vaccine or treatment - though trials are under way.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The current outbreak in DR Congo has a fatality rate of 48.6% reported at the end of last month.
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
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
For disordered bowels, mix 2 dr. rhubarb, 2 oz. castor oil, and ½ dr. ginger, with a little warm milk or gruel; or give 2 oz. castor oil alone; or 3 oz. of Epsom salts.
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
In return for these advantages to the growers the company is entitled to receive 7 dr. on every 1000 ℔ of currants produced and to dispose of the whole retained amount.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
In many ways, peptides are similar to previous generations of wellness supplements, said Dr. Pieter Cohen, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 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
"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
According to Dr. El-Shahawy, one question is whether people who favor edibles are more likely to use cannabis to manage problems such as pain or difficulty sleeping.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Under the careful eye of the curators, Dr. Galaburda x-rays, photographs, and remeasures the skull.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
“You cannot be able to put a wall between Uganda and D.R. Congo, between Kenya and Uganda, to prevent the entry of a pathogen, so we continue to maintain a heightened state of alert.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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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