NL
abbreviation
NL
1 American
n.l.
2
American
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Printing. new line.
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non licet.
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non liquet.
N.L.
3
American
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Baseball. National League.
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Also NL, NL. New Latin; Neo-Latin.
NL
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British
abbreviation
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New Latin
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the Netherlands (international car registration)
nl
2
British
abbreviation
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non licet
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non liquet
nl
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British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of nl
Latin: (for sense 1) it is not permitted (for sense 2) it is not clear
Example Sentences
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Roberts irked Cubs fans a week and a half ago when, asked to evaluate Ohtani’s season overall, he said he’ll still be the NL MVP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Especially not after a string of disappointing postseason exits since winning the NL pennant in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
They lead the NL West by 10 games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The three Dodgers in the NL starting lineup — Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Andy Pages — went hitless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Cubs finished the season at the bottom of the NL Central.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
New Jersey. n.l., non licet=It is not permitted; non liquet=It is not clear; non longe=Not far.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He was identified by the pseudonym John Roe N.L. in that filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
“When Plaintiff K.G. saw this and protested, Defendant N.L. finally surrendered,” the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
K.G., a resident of Comal County, Texas, and her fellow contestant, K.N., a resident of Travis County, Texas, were at the party, along with N.L..
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
The Phillies aren’t some scrappy underdog: They have one of the highest payrolls in baseball, with elite pitching and two of the hardest hitters in the N.L. in Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
N.L. in a beautiful harbour, surrounded by a wooded high land, and bounded by meadow grounds, to which, from respect to the chief owner of the ship, they gave the name of Nisbet's Harbour.
From The Moravians in Labrador by Anonymous
To denote shells and subshells, we write nl with a number for n and a letter for l .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Samples were hydrodynamically injected for a total volume of ~6 nl.
From Nature ● May 20, 2014
Therefore by Arithmeticall composition, as ur, and nl, are unto nl: so uo, and oy, that is, the whole uy, is unto oy, that is, unto as.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
And backward, as nl, is to ur; so is, yo, unto ou, as here thou seest: nl,————ur: yo,————ou.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
And therefore the bases of these, namely, the segments of the yards ur, and nl, have the same rate with uo, unto oy.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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