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
Example Sentences
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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 the boundary of S is a closed curve, ∫ F · dr is also zero.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Since C1 is a specific curve, we can evaluate ∫ F · dr.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Goodby Miss Kinnian and dr Strauss and evrybody...
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Dr Grubb said people feel able to make negative or abusive comments on the internet due to the "online disinhibition effect".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We are chasing the virus, the virus is ahead of us," WHO Africa director Dr Mohamed Janabi said at a news conference in the city of Bunia, near the centre of the outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The author of the survey, Dr Nicola Brink, said "we want the bailiwick to be a vibrant and happy place where young people can thrive."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dr Amy Grubb, associate professor of forensic psychology at the University, said posting comments online creates the "perfect storm" for abuse as the "digital environments reduce normal social restraints".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Yeah, it’s fine, thanks, Lyle. Can I get you guys anything? Water? Dr Pepper?”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
"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
Out of the 20 people who tested positive in Uganda, 15 came from DR Congo.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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
During the four years 1899-1902 the annual average value of imported cattle was 4,218,015 dr., of exported cattle 209,321 dr.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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.
The university receives a subvention from the state, which in 1905 amounted to 563,960 dr.; it possesses a library of over 150,000 volumes and geological, zoological and botanical museums.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
"The epidemiology of the site strongly points toward a non-venereal form of treponemal disease," Dr. Vlok said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
"This was left in the Late Jurassic when long-necked dinosaurs such as Diplodocus and Camarasaurus roamed North America," Dr. Romilio said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
“You have to, of course, make sure you have enough fluid first — water is key,” says Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, director of UCLA’s Center for East-West Medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dr. David Schaffer is an emergency physician and chief of the division of medical toxicology at Prisma Health, a South Carolina health system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He tells Dr. Williams that the iron went right through his head.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
"Oh D.R. me that was close!" it laments.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Based on the number of home sales they close annually, the top two players, D.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
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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