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FDR

American  

  1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

FDR British  

abbreviation

  1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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FDR had led an unprecedented crackdown on Wall Street, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

FDR felt compelled to dramatically reconfigure our economic norms at the time to pull us out of the Great Depression.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

The presidents with the highest “fearless dominance” ranking will be familiar: Teddy Roosevelt, JFK, and FDR.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

For example, FDR was bold and one of the country’s greatest presidents.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2025

Even when everybody was raving about Truman because he had set up a Committee on Civil Rights, Milkman secretly preferred FDR and felt very very close to him.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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