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uy

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abbreviation

  1. Uruguay

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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STRATEGY: Mitchell will b uy only companies in businesses he understands and thus favors consumer marketers.

From Forbes Dec. 10, 2014

I've coached several times against the Soviets and never used the good-guy-vs.-bad-g uy approach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Felling a single four-foot tree with an indigenous stone axe would take uy hours—nearly three weeks of eight-hour days.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The I. is Ptolemeys and Theons I. The makers: The reason made. iu, ye. uy, eo, ia, ao.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

And after the same manner also, onely one beyond the diameter, may possibly be equall to uy, to wit, that which is as farre off from the diameter as it is; and so in others.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

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