HR
abbreviation
HR
1 American
[eych-ahr]
/ ˈeɪtʃˈɑr /
abbreviation
hr.
2
American
Or
h
abbreviation
Hr.
3
American
abbreviation
h.r.
4
American
Or
HR
or
hr
abbreviation
H.R.
5
American
Or
HR
abbreviation
HR
1
British
abbreviation
-
House of Representatives
-
human resources
-
human rights
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Croatia (international car registration)
hr
2
British
abbreviation
-
hour
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Baseball home run
hr
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of HR
(for sense 4) from Croatian Hrvatska
Example Sentences
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Opportunities exist to streamline roles in areas like finance and HR, Eddy said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Recruiters and HR offices are swamped with applications that people churn out with job-search platforms and AI agents.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
HR: I mean, I kind of love it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
One of the clearest examples comes from the HR 8799 system.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
“Do they even have HR at Whisked Away?” she wondered.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Effort is heavy with over 1.5 hr. wait to launch a boat at times.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2014
So Glenn flew, in a little ship atop balky booster, spending a total of 5 hr. and 16 min. aloft, as he orbited the planet three times.
From Time ● Feb. 20, 2012
It meanders like a 2- hr. 43-min. sax solo by one of Parker's lesser disciples, and it never quite explains how Parker enriched the language of sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
The best news: the V-series' talk time reaches a comfortable 160 min., with up to 160 hr. of standby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Water, salt and sugar 2 3 1 hr. and 15 min.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Smith, whom Duffy has called “the janitor,” rounds out the trio by mopping up the back office and h.r. clutter.
From Forbes ● Jan. 23, 2013
He works in H.R., wears a pink shirt, and drives a yellow Subaru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Including, apparently, President Richard Nixon, heard here on tape discussing, with H.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
It’s rare that a newcomer joins the ranks of the famous monsters of Filmland — Frankenstein’s creature, Dracula, the Wolfman, King Kong, Godzilla, that lot — but the H.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
But according to POGO, the man now in charge of the federal government's H.R. department did not specifically deny a slew of other comments that were published.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
New World fairy book with illus. by H.R.
From Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours by Power, Effie L. (Effie Louise)
In April of this year, Activision Blizzard converted over 1,000 temporary and contract employees to full time and granted them a minimum base pay starting at $20 / hr.
From The Verge ● May 23, 2022
I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight.
From Fox News ● Feb. 24, 2022
“I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight,” he wrote on Twitter after the show.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
The sample mean was 1.5 hr, with a sample standard deviation of 0.5 hr.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
The hr aches were like beagles, and trotted along with the master in the way that beagles always have trotted, and a charming way it is.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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