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BBB

¹ American

Better Business Bureau.

BBB ² American

Symbol.

a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than A and higher than BB.

Example Sentences

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Joy has always lived alongside sorrow in the nest: BBB passed away amid intense rain and freezing temperatures, while Stormy continued to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Oracle’s debt is currently rated BBB, the lower end of investment grade, with a negative outlook, at S&P Global.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

—Greek government bonds moved in line with eurozone peer bonds after Fitch Ratings upgraded Greece’s credit rating to BBB from BBB- with a stable outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Right now in the market, there’s $387 billion in BBB debt sitting on negative outlook.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

Standard & Poor's boosted the Republic's credit rating to BBB+ in mid-1994 - up from a BBB rating that was already two steps higher than Hungary's and one step above Greece's rating.

From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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