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DAT

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. digital audiotape.

dat. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. dative.

DAT 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. digital audio tape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
dat. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. dative

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hyperliquid Strategies serves as a digital-asset treasury company, or DAT.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

DAT Solutions, a load board matching truckers and loads, said average spot prices for flatbed truck transport rose about 6% in December from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

This could potentially complicate the interpretation of clinically commonly used brain DAT imaging results.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Baltimore police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said that in addition to conducting proactive patrols, DAT officers “focus on making strategic arrests of key individuals that are perpetuating violent crime.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

One was running CNN’s Web site through a DAT projector, throwing oversized current-affairs images against the back wall.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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