G.B.
abbreviation
Great Britain.
G.B.
Americanabbreviation
Gb
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GB
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Great Britain
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Also: Gb. gigabyte
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Great Britain (international car registration)
GB
Scientific
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“It’s all about me. That’s how I am this year. My zone is G.B. zone. I just want to focus on me, how I can get better,” Bolles said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
The analysis presented here was performed by S.Mi. with input from G.B.
From Nature ● Nov. 21, 2017
But the risk of developing cataracts -- a clouding of the lens of the eye -- is insignificant compared with the benefits of these drugs, said lead researcher Dr. G.B.
From US News ● Dec. 5, 2014
Britain was eliminated by South Korea on Saturday in soccer, but Carroll was not selected for Team G.B. anyway.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2012
After the picture is well in mind turn to page 251 G.B. and read the story of Palm Sunday, letting the child fit his observations to the story.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
Reaching an effective sequencing depth of 300× for each sample requires only 5 Gb of data.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
On my desktop machine, a Surface Studio 2 wired to the modem/router, I’m pleased to get just under 1 Gb speed.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
In total, 502 Gb BioNano mapping molecules with an average length of 265.71 kb was collected.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
After the aforementioned processes, 9,112 BioNano genome maps with a total map length of 4.68 Gb were generated.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
In 1866 he published a pamphlet on the subject; in 1867 a second, which, so possessed was he by his fury against his opponent, he signed with the latter's own initials, Gb.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
It reports five of the occupants were apprehended "only after a GB News producer alerted the authorities".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Should they pull off an upset and beat the Czechs, GB would next play the winner of the quarter-final between Kazakhstan - who are without Rybakina - and Spain on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Birmingham-based content creator GB Street Stories has also encountered and filmed riders in the city.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sir Richard was speaking to the BBC as Virgin Atlantic announced it had secured a contract to fly Team GB and ParalympicsGB to Los Angeles for the Summer Olympics in 2028.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
She’d noted it in the corner with what appeared to be a matrix of some sort: GB AM 222 I was trying to figure out what it meant, when hinges squeaked.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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