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LDR

1 American  
Informal.

  1. long-distance relationship: a relationship, typically a romantic one, in which the two people live far enough apart that they cannot see each other often.

    My boyfriend and I had an LDR for two years.
ldr. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. leader.

LDR British  

abbreviation

  1. long distance relationship

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But LDR argues in its complaint that the payments and borrowers were fictitious.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

King Family Lending explained to LDR that its license was inactive due to an “administrative problem,” according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

As recently as Feb. 9, King asked LDR for more money and continues to send it purported deals, which LDR alleges are fake, the lender claimed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Does your caring LDR partner practice basic hygiene?

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2020

Q. Stay in LDR or leave: I am a young girl in love with her college sweetheart.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2016

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