R&D
research and development.
R&D
American
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R and D
R & D
British
abbreviation
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The developments soothed worries on trading floors about the outlook for the AI boom, which has seen companies pump hundreds of billions into R&D, software, building data centres and other hardware in recent years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
That means new pressure on the R&D labs to come up with features that really capture consumers’ imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
While some projects involved potentially meaningful research, Navatek’s bread and butter was R&D that went nowhere.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
If AI firms "were to significantly cut their R&D spending, their hiring, their investments, it could have an impact on financial markets," agreed Mark Mahaney, an Evercore analyst cited by Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
For, it is possible that an economy spends 99% of its resources to R&D, and still does not come up with innovations.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
The family and Oor Wullie - which also first appeared in 1936 - were created by the same two men, R D Law and W D Watkins.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
The first buildings were identified with the letters on the keyboard used to play “League of Legends”: Q, W, E, R, D, and F.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
It will close with the world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as infamous Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2017
The big-lettered F O R D on D. T. & I. bridges was destined soon to disappear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diamine nitrazol brown R D, 1 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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