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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation temporary duty
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Examples
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He was TDY from the same base I was from (Blytheville AFB ARK).
Heggen, Keith R. 1972
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For those of us who've been in the military, it's called TDY fatigue: temporary duty assignment fatigue.
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This was 1956 which was, essentially, the tail end of the American occupation, and my father had been gone for several weeks on "TDY," temporary duty assignment about which no questions were ever asked.
A Conversation with Sarah Bird, author of the novel The Flamenco Academy 2010
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a lot of memories of me and my mother together, while my father was "TDY".
Craig Mitchell Dix 1971
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I was (TDY temporary duty) most of my year in Nam.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Each TAC base was responsible for providing an Officer and twelve men for a 120 day TDY.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I got tricked into eating one of those when I did a TDY in Suwon, South Korea.
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Now, look at the Form 66 (#19) and go to page 5 and note the date 24 Mar 59 when he was TDY to Sill.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I went for my first bear hunt with some friends while I was TDY to Tatalina, Alaska.
Getting Lost 2009
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I went for my first bear hunt with some friends while I was TDY to Tatalina, Alaska.
Getting Lost 2009
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