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MBE

¹ American

Multistate Bar Examination.

M.B.E. ² American

abbreviation

Member of the Order of the British Empire.

MBE British

abbreviation

Member of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit title)

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Felix worked as Head of Dance at St Martin's Girls School in Solihull until her retirement, and has since been awarded an MBE.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Rand was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1964 and was awarded an MBE in the 1965 New Year Honours List.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been stripped of his MBE, according to an official notice in The Gazette.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Tribich, who survived Bergen-Belsen as a 14-year-old and was made an MBE in 2012 for services to education, asked ministers in a five-minute speech not just to listen, but to become her "witnesses".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Will history remember me for my MBE, my British Empire honor for“chivalry,” or for my cooperation with the Gestapo?

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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