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  R&B

  rhythm and blues.
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  R & B

  abbreviation

  rhythm and blues

R&B

American  

Or r&b,

1. rhythm and blues.

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R & B British  

abbreviation

1. rhythm and blues

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R&B R & B

I start with gospel, then a slow R&B vibe and then right before the game, it’s turn-up hip-hop and rap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Bullets & Blades,” a teary slow-dance number, is a duet with versatile R&B singer Kehlani.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It bothered Lacy, a serious artist who wrote with Kendrick Lamar and earned a Grammy nomination as a teenager in the R&B collective The Internet, suddenly thrust into living meme territory with “Bad Habit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

But for those who had avoided spoilers, Risk It All, a slow R&B ballad from Mars' latest album, The Romantic, was perhaps an unexpected opener.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

A friend whose dad listens to old-school R&B and likes to cha-cha in the kitchen and sing about how today was a good day.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

R B EYE stalked off the rail then between foes, continued off the inside on the turn and three wide into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2019

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