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uy

British  

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

Therefore by Arithmeticall composition, as ur, and nl, are unto nl: so uo, and oy, that is, the whole uy, is unto oy, that is, unto as.

From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell

Therefore now the multiplied proportions are thus iu, uy, in, ey, by the 32. e: ye, eo, ey, eo.

From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell

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