Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Order of the British Empire
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- initialism Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- initialism Office of Bilingual Education
- initialism Office of Business Economics (US)
- initialism Operating-Basis Earthquake
- initialism Oregon Board of Education
- initialism Ottawa Board Of Education
- initialism Out of Body Experience
- initialism Out of Buggy Experience (Powerkiting slang)
- initialism Outcome-Based Education
- initialism
Overcome /overtaken by event (i.e., nowobsolete )
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Examples
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Verity Lambert OBE is a British television and film producer.
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Veteran radio host Bob Rogers can replace his "OBE" - over bloody eighty award - with an
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Also awarded an OBE is the Barnsley-born umpire Dickie Bird.
US Open champion Rory McIlroy awarded MBE in New Year honours list 2011
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He stressed that this was not a departure from outcomes-based education (OBE), saying: "The commitment to OBE is total."
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Terry: First of all I got an OBE which is kind of a "knight-light".
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"The OBE is a wonderful recognition of what we have built through M-Sport and I'm extremely proud of all we have achieved.
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"The OBE is a wonderful recognition of what we have built through M-Sport and I'm extremely proud of all we have achieved.
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"The OBE is a wonderful recognition of what we have built through M-Sport and I'm extremely proud of all we have achieved.
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He received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970 for his work and was knighted in 1993.
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So let's hold off on giving Hyundai the OBE, or the Presidential Medal of Freedom, or the Star of Zanzibar.
Hyundai, Your Accent Has a Pleasing Ring to It Dan Neil 2011
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