wd
when distributed.
wd
1 American
wd.
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abbreviation
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ward.
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word.
W/D
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American
Banking.
W.D.
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WD
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War Department
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Works Department
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(Windward Islands) Dominica (international car registration)
wd
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ward
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wood
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word
Example Sentences
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"It's all computer search terms. If otherwise, no case wd ever be tried."
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2023
So twitverse, tell me: what wd YOU do with such requests in the future?
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2018
Wonder how many other party leaders/deputies wd do same?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2017
Wasn't being respectful 2 u re my tweets as I hope people wd b w/me.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2012
The Rebels wd not treat with us; they had abandon’d their Post of Ambush & could not be Found.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
In other words, as Gouverneur Morris put it, “If qualifications are proper, he wd. prefer them in the electors rather than the elected.”
From Time ● Oct. 21, 2016
Cranston, said that if ten Guineas wd. be of service he wd. lend Capt.
From Trial of Mary Blandy by William Roughead
"Socy.," "opporty.," "agst.," "abt.," "independce.," these were amongst the abbreviations submitted to the printer's intelligence; not to mention commoner and more simple words, such as wh., wd., and the like.
From Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller
Richardson, W.; March 21, '62; trans. 190th; wd. at Fred.; must. out June 28, '65, vet.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
He moved to commit the clause that slaves might be made liable to an equal tax with other imports which he thought right & wh. wd. remove one difficulty that had been started.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
"I have been in line for four days, I haven't slept or eaten properly during this time," said autorickshaw driver W.D.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2022
Someone even tried to grow tea — tea! — and a man named W.D.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
The havoc that follows — puppets versus humans, humans versus humans, puppets doing things to each other that would give W.D.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2018
There are even top secret documents from the war that W.D. couldn’t divulge at the time because of censorship protocol.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2016
It bore simply the initials W.D. and though the surrounding rocks were thickly covered with seaweed and barnacles, yet the cross itself was perfectly clean, and bore marks of recent care.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831 by Various
“With the deleveraging process well advanced and a more flexible capital structure in place, WD retains the ability to continue returning capital while benefiting from durable nearline and AI-driven demand trends,” Daryanani wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Western Digital, which has since rebranded to WD, has seen its shares rise 472% in that period.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
“The technique is quite interesting,” says John Ciraldo, who specializes in diamond growth at WD Advanced Materials.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
The white dwarf star has been named WD 0816-310 by the researching astronomers.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
The strictures of WD Circular 124, like those of many other departmental circulars, were adopted by the new service.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
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