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GBS

British  

abbreviation

  1. George Bernard Shaw

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To demonstrate their approach, the researchers applied it to a recently published GBS experiment that would take at least 9,000 years to reproduce using current supercomputers.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

GBS machines rely on photons, the basic particles of light, to generate probability calculations that would require thousands of years for even the fastest classical supercomputer to complete.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

"In Pune, a strain of campylobacter with this molecular feature is likely to be circulating, and a surge in infections with this strain consequently leads to a higher number of GBS cases," says Prof Willison.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

The boy is among around 160 reported cases of GBS since early January in Pune, an education and IT hub, ringed by industrial towns and villages.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

I began to go through the manuscript unifying—and then I noticed that in a single paragraph of his Bernard Shaw Gilbert uses "GBS," "Shaw," "Bernard Shaw," and "Mr. Shaw."

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

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