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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Bachelor of Education
  • abbreviation Bachelor of Engineering
  • abbreviation barium enema
  • abbreviation bill of exchange
  • abbreviation Board of Education

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  • noun The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Belgium.
  • initialism Bachelor of Engineering.
  • initialism linguistics Black English
  • initialism Buddhist Era
  • abbreviation Berlin, a federal state of Germany.
  • abbreviation Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia.

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Examples

  • Does anyone know what these geniuses said would be the reason for the president to actually BE impeached??

    GOP Pols Losing Control Of Tea Party Movement? 2010

  • I would think they would be quite a bit lower than Thrones except for maybe BE.

    Is there room for three great dramas at HBO? 2009

  • Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 20 February 2005 (next to be held in Fall 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - PS 45.1%, PSD 28.7%, CDU 7.6%, PP 7.3%, BE 6.4%, other 4.9%; seats by party - PS 121, PSD 75, CDU 14, PP 12, BE 8

    Portugal 2008

  • Portugalunicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 20 February 2005 (next to be held in Fall 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - PS 45.1%, PSD 28.7%, CDU 7.6%, PP 7.3%, BE 6.4%, other 4.9%; seats by party - PS 121, PSD 75, CDU 14, PP 12, BE 8

    Legislative branch 2008

  • Since Pelosi is the highest ranking woman ever elected to office in the US and is third in line to be President and Hillary wants to BE President the comparisons are there for the making.

    "Two years of Pelosi gives a good idea of what four years of Hillary will be like." Ann Althouse 2006

  • InaneChessGod: that's what else it could be claireclaire1121: the whole thing -- i thought she was into you in some way or another because remember she would always just happen to BE right where you were ... and just happens to SIT down on top of you by accident

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  • Motion as shall be posterior to it in Nature, tho 'not in Time, because they both began together: So all this World is caus'd and created by this Agent out of Time, _Whose Command is, when he would have any thing done, BE, and it is_.

    The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

  • There is plenty of scope for adjustment, as the wheels can be shifted in either direction longitudinally, while the distance between wheel and armature centres may be further modified in the length of the bearings, BE.

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  • That all has to be consolidated before the new combined group on the BE starts ordering the same product again.

    Precision Castparts Q2 2011 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • Parents: QUIT trying to be your child's "best friend" and BE their parent!!!

    KAKE - HomePage - Headlines 2009

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  • "bulging eyes" (from Aspendale Primary School, Melbourne)

    December 9, 2015