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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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
“Hope Prof Taleb @nntaleb will join in suggesting good outcome wd be for people to go visit local Roman sites & have a good argument,” she wrote on Sunday night.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 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
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 Conybeare, Edward
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 McBride, R. E.
Williamson, Hugh; July 5, '61; wd. at Fred.; absent at muster out.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by McBride, R. E.
Query, Whether it wd. not be proper to detain the Troops at Boston & direct the Commissioners at Paris to present the Treaty of Capitulation to the English Court thro' the hands of Ld.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
This corresponded with a March 2, 1902, Seattle Times blurb about architect W.D.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
"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 parcels in Pelham, Shutesbury and Leverett, will continue to be owned and managed by the W.D.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
They did not hit many, but, as bad luck would have it, they got our adjutant, Captain W.D.
From The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 by Ogilvie, David Douglas
“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
Brown saddle-horse; small star; WD conjoined, near shoulder; C or G, near flank.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
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