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
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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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It issued images of the pills, which feature a depiction of Trump's head on one side and the words "Trump" and "NL" stamped on the other.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
With Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski — the favorite for the NL Cy Young Award — giving up just five hits, the Dodgers struggled against a pitcher they could see again in the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A string of shrewd acquisitions then built a team that produces the third-most runs per game in the NL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last season, Pittsburgh’s pitching staff was the fourth-youngest in the NL and had the third-best ERA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Another bus, the NL, had pulled up behind it, and after a moment, Richard turned around and climbed on.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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
The complaint, obtained Wednesday by The Times, was filed against John Roe N.L., a pseudonym for Lythgoe, The Times has confirmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Dodgers edge Padres: A day filled with tense playoff moments ended with the Dodgers, the best team in the N.L., squeezing past division rival San Diego, 5-3, to take a 1-0 lead in the N.L.D.S.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
On the 29th/18th July Behring reached the coast of America in 58° to 59° N.L.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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
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 William Bedwell
In Welsh mb, nd immediately preceding the stress appear in the modern language as mm, nn but in Breton we find mp, nl, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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 William Bedwell
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