HR
abbreviation
HR
1 American
[aych-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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Warrant Officer Lee Hargreaves, who commands the flight, said the training was mandatory for all personnel, "from pilots through to chefs, HR specialists through to musicians".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nomura expects Indeed’s monetization to progress to successful hires from referrals, forecasting ‘EBITA+S’ for the Japanese company’s HR technology segment to rise around four-fold over the next five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A week later, she received an email, apparently from the HR department, asking for her address, right to work documents, and bank details.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Other teams including HR and policy are also moving out of DeepMind and into central Google.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Your first technical support shift begins in seven hours,” the HR computer droned softly in my ear.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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
If it normally takes you 10 min. to burn, a sunscreen rated SPF-15 gives you 15 times 10 min., or 2 1/2 hr. of roasting time.
From Time Magazine Archive
She does homework for 6 hr. till 1:30 a.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hardening heat should be very slow, 7 hr. being none too long for such a block, bringing the die up gradually to the quenching temperature of 1,450°.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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
I remember when you guys had your first show together, a surprise gig a couple years ago as part of a benefit show for the Bad Brains frontman H.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He works in H.R., wears a pink shirt, and drives a yellow Subaru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
During his 1968 presidential campaign, Nixon explained it to his assistant, H.R.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
“Leader Steve Scalise has promised me that my bill Protect Children’s Innocence Act, H.R. 3492, will be brought to the floor for a vote next Wednesday, Dec 17th,” she wrote on X last week.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
New World fairy book with illus. by H.R.
From Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours by Effie L. (Effie Louise) Power
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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