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
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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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Shares of the HR software group are soaring.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Some of them have HR departments and performance reviews,” said Ben Bernstein, a cybersecurity expert at Huntress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Recruiters and other HR types say aggressive parental involvement signals a lack of independence and raises fears that mom and dad will be checking in regularly if their kid gets hired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
What happens when your boss is also the HR department, the grievance handler and the person deciding whether you get paid?
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
As I stepped off the conveyor, the HR computer directed me to a nearby cafeteria that looked like something out of an old prison movie.
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
The twelve-ton observatories usually travel in polar orbits so they can cover every spot on earth once every 48 hr. in daylight.
From Time Magazine Archive
O.K., you say, show me some areas where you would like a 24- hr. bait house, because that's all it is really, a bait house.
From Time Magazine Archive
The total costs for all operations on the 30,000 lb. of gears per 24 hr. is shown in Table 29.
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
It was a fluke, but it led to the promotion of H.R.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
In 1940, the present owners, the Honorable and Mrs. H.R.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore
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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