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SB
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Appendix:Variations of "sb"
Translingual
Symbol
1 2 the Solomon Islands
mul SLB ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3
English
Etymology 1
Initialisms.
Proper noun
en Special Branch.
en 1978 w:André Brink Rumours of Rain Vintage 2000 181 The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.
en American football en Super Bowl.
3 February 2013 Jim Carlton Fast-Running Quarterback Has a Slow Sidekick https://web.archive.org/web/20141230162501/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323926104578276971720227076 "Humans keep asking me if I'm going to SB," Sammy's account recently tweeted, regarding the Super Bowl. "I'm a desert tortoise. Bayou isn't my thing."
3 February 2026 Houston Mitchell Rams sign Sean McVay, Les Snead to contract extensions https://web.archive.org/web/20260203134656/https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2026-02-03/rams-sean-mcvay-les-snead 2019 — Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA: New England Patriots beat Rams, 13-3; MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots’ 6th SB victory
4 February 2026 w:Dan Shanoff NBC’s plan to win the sports year: Super Bowl, Olympics, then every Sunday: MoneyCall https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7021536/2026/02/04/nbc-super-bowl-60-winter-olympics-moneycall/ Last year’s Super Bowl 59 set a record for SB viewership. https://web.archive.org/web/20260204185644/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7021536/2026/02/04/nbc-super-bowl-60-winter-olympics-moneycall/ 4 February 2026
en linguistics en Standard Babylonian.
Noun
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en medical en stretcher bearer.
en sports en season best (this season's personal best).
en baseball en stolen base; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
en electronics communication en sideband.
en sexbot.
en legal politics often followed by a number en senate bill a bill proposed in or passed by a senate Compare HB.
en SB5 SB5
en Devin Trubey California to remove restrictions on ADUs, add enforcement if cities don't comply with housing laws w:ABC10 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/new-california-housing-laws-2025/103-627fff67-decd-49da-9606-26b5fbfc4370 2024-12-25 SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight. https://web.archive.org/web/20241227112337/https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/new-california-housing-laws-2025/103-627fff67-decd-49da-9606-26b5fbfc4370 27 December 2024
en ADC Warns: California’s SB 771 is Censorship Disguised as Civil Rights w:American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee https://adc.org/adc-warns-californias-sb-771-is-censorship-disguised-as-civil-rights/ 2025-07-17 “Exposing companies to such extreme civil penalties would likely force the overpolicing of lawful expression, chill free speech, and distort the online environment in ways that harms all users,” said ADC National Executive Director, Abed Ayoub. “Beyond moral and political concerns, SB 771 also raises serious constitutional issues.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260312134049/https://adc.org/adc-warns-californias-sb-771-is-censorship-disguised-as-civil-rights/ 12 March 2026
en law politics en state bill.
en oenology wine en Sauvignon blanc.
en nautical maritime en sailing barge.
en S.B. S. B.
en sailing SV SY
en barge MB
en nautical maritime en steam barge.
en S.B. S. B.
en steam SS SL PS TS
en barge MB
en nautical maritime en steamboat.
en S.B. S. B.
en steam SS SL PS TS
en boat MB
en relationships en sugar baby
en SD
Derived terms
en electronics, communication SSB DSB VSB
Related terms
en politics, law AB HB SR AR HR
en season's best PB WB OB
Adjective
-
en southbound.
en NB EB WB
Adverb
-
en southbound.
en NB EB WB
Verb
+ + +,~'d
en transitive Internet slang en soft-block.
en sb
en HB hard-block
en 2021-09-01 rottingca9s 1433046150244753408 Jekyll i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh https://web.archive.org/web/20210901135405/https://twitter.com/rottingca9s/status/1433046150244753408 1 September 2021
Etymology 2
From en id SB, initialism of id Sumatera Barat.
Proper noun
en @abbr of:West Sumatra province c/Indonesia.
Anagrams
en bs B&S B's B. S. B.S. BS BS. Bs B−'s B♭s B♯s b's b******s bs
Chinese
傻屄
German
Noun
f
de Selbstbedienung
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl służba bezpieczeństwa.
Pronunciation
es'be LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-#.wav SB
Noun
f,n 1
pl służba bezpieczeństwa pl government pl służba bezpieczeństwa security service government organization
Further reading
+ 13477
Romanian
Proper noun
ro proper noun
ro @abbr of:Sibiu county c/Romania
Tagalog
Pronunciation
esbi
Proper noun
tl w:Sangguniang Bayan
See also
tl SK
Noun
tl Batsilyer sa Siyensiya BS; BSc
Further reading