Synonyms

Ru

American

Symbol, Chemistry.

ruthenium.

RU ¹ British

abbreviation

Rugby Union
Burundi (international car registration)

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Ru ² British

symbol

ruthenium

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ru ³ British

abbreviation

Russian Federation

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Example Sentences

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Northern Ireland drag queen Elle Vosque has taken second place in the series seven final of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

For the record, Peterson’s Cher impersonation rivals Ru Paul’s; Elvira is a drag queen after all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

With “Drag Race” firmly ensconced in American pop culture, Mama Ru — that’s RuPaul Charles to the general public — has been busy expanding the reality competition series worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

In this study, we succeeded in arranging the FePt recording layers three dimensionally, by fabricating lattice-matched, FePt/Ru/FePt multilayer films, with Ru as a spacer layer.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

I walk to the closest barrel next to an empty pod, its orange flashing button highlighting Fu, Jie Ru over and over.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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