b.d.s.

¹

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) to be taken twice a day.

B.D.S.

²

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Dental Surgery.

bds

¹

abbreviation for

1. bundles

BDS

²

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Dental Surgery
2. Barbados (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of b.d.s.¹

From Latin bis diē sūmendum

Example Sentences

Trinity’s protest, which began five days ago and had remained peaceful, was organized by the student union and its branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or B.D.S., movement.

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Ms. Tlaib has called Israel an “apartheid regime” and supported the B.D.S. movement, drawing a backlash from Republicans and some pro-Israel Democrats.

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This is not the first time that cultural figures visiting Germany have become embroiled in debates over antisemitism, particularly linked to support of the B.D.S. movement, which asks companies and people to avoid doing business with Israel in protest of its treatment of Palestinians.

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Vidisha-Fadescha, an artist and the founder of the Indian-based art and social space Party Office, who uses they/them pronouns, said they would not even answer the question of whether they supported the B.D.S. movement because doing so could endanger their safety.

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Eyal Weizman, the director of Forensic Architecture, a group whose investigations into political violence are shown in museums worldwide, said in a phone interview that earlier this year, the director of a German museum postponed one of his exhibitions, citing Weizman’s support of the B.D.S. movement.

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