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  • abbreviation Baumé scale
  • abbreviation bay

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  • abbreviation Bachelors degree (usually followed by an abbreviation indicating the specific discipline).

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Examples

  • PAPER B. Paper B._ (page 193) gives a list of all the B.itish Ocean Mail Lines_.

    Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Thomas Rainey

  • “Nota: to be read in connection with B. and C. “B.

    Summary of Events During the Master’s Second Absence 1889

  • In 2009, an Iranian defector told U.S. authorities that, while imprisoned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, he saw the name B.

    Years after vanishing in Iran, U.S. man proved alive 2011

  • BY DARK HACKBERRY Holland and Pam Tibbs had had no luck finding the residence that might have been occupied by the man using the name B.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • BY DARK HACKBERRY Holland and Pam Tibbs had had no luck finding the residence that might have been occupied by the man using the name B.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • BY DARK HACKBERRY Holland and Pam Tibbs had had no luck finding the residence that might have been occupied by the man using the name B.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • TUCHMAN: And that's putting it mildly, the person with knowledge of the current financial situation said, Jackson was spending $2 million a month on what he called B.S. Over the year, Jackson bought the Neverland ranch near S.nta Barbara for just shy of $20 million.

    CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2009 2009

  • In 2009, an Iranian defector told U.S. authorities that, while imprisoned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, he saw the name B.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • In 2009, an Iranian defector told U.S. authorities that, while imprisoned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, he saw the name B.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In 2009, an Iranian defector told U.S. authorities that, while imprisoned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, he saw the name B.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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