wd
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wd
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wd.
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ward.
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word.
W/D
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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
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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
“The price to be paid in taking Gallipoli wd no doubt be heavy, but there wd be no more war with Turkey,” Churchill hastily wrote a friend not long after the war began.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
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
Maj.; wd. twice, pris. once, must. out with Co.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
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
"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
I press them all over the Diocese where it is practicable, but at Caxton I wd. have them by all means, tho' you begin with a congregation of but a widdow or two.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
"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
Seven people were listed under the name W.D.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
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
We desire to express special thanks to Professor W.D.
From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell
Known as WD J1011+2845, this stellar remnant is located just 48 light-years from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“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 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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