dr
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debit.
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debtor.
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drachma; drachmas.
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dram; drams.
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drawer.
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drum.
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Doctor.
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Drive (used in street names).
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debtor
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Also: dr.. dram
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drawer
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debit
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Also: dr. dram
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(the former) drachma
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Doctor
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(in street names) Drive
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Example Sentences
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“It is completely like the Wild West with no direction and no structure,” said Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s former chief medical officer and top career scientist who resigned from the agency alongside other top officials last August in protest and has since frequently criticized the agency.
O’Neill’s departure was followed by the resignation of Dr. Ralph Abraham, a former Louisiana surgeon general who served as the CDC’s principal deputy director for less than three months.
“Dr. Bhattacharya is one of America’s most respected public health experts and has already received acclaim from CDC staff for his commitment to Secretary Kennedy’s vision of returning the agency to its infectious disease mission,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in a statement.
"For Tehran, this is not a short 12-day war or a contained round of escalation that can be paused and reset," said Dr Sanam Vakil - director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at international affairs think-tank Chatham House.
From BBC
“We’re not stagnant,” said Dr. Laura Dalton, Mar Monte’s chief medical operating officer.
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