R&B
R&B
American
Or
r&b,
R & B
British
abbreviation
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Nashville has long been home to some of the most recognizable names in R&B and country music, but over the last few years, celebrities from a variety of industries have flocked to the Music City.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Their British approach to R&B prized tightness, clarity, and buoyant precision over the loose, improvisational grit often associated with American soul.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
They wrote and produced their own songs, shaped their own streetwear image and blended genres ranging from hip-hop and R&B to trot, a traditional South Korean folk genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Instead, she has followed her ever-shifting instincts over her past few LPs, zigzagging among ’80s rock, folk-pop, dream-pop and R&B with highly mixed results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
One of his most promising songs, “Freetime,” came in at 1.3 among listeners to rock stations, and .8 among listeners to R&B stations.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
R B EYE stalked between horses then inside on the backstretch, continued between rivals on the second turn, drifted in a bit in the stretch and was edged for the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
R B EYE stalked inside then between horses, angled in again leaving the second turn, came out some in midstretch and lacked the needed late kick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
R B EYE broke a bit slowly, settled off the pace inside, drifted out late and failed to menace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2019
If the F R B eases credit enough to stop the interest rise, it makes Anderson's job easier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diamine jet black R B, 2 lb. soda, and 20 lb.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
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