WR may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism'', a 1971 Serbian film
* ''
League of Legends: Wild Rift'', a 2020 mobile game by Riot Games
* ''
War Robots
''War Robots'' (previously titled Walking War Robots) is a mobile app game developed and published by the game developer Pixonic. It is a third-person shooter with real-time PvP battles in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) mode. Players op ...
'', a 2014 mobile game by Pixonic
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Wikipedia Review
Wikipedia Review was an independent Internet forum and blog for the discussion of Wikimedia Foundation projects, in particular the content and conflicts of Wikipedia. Wikipedia Review sought to act as a watchdog website, scrutinizing Wikipedi ...
, an Internet forum
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Wiltshire Radio
Heart Wiltshire (formerly GWR FM Wiltshire) was an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Global Group, Global Radio as part of the Heart (radio network), Heart network. It broadcast to north and west Wiltshire. The station was r ...
, an English radio station (1982–2019; later ''Heart Wiltshire'')
Language
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⟨wr⟩, a digraph in English
People
* William Rex (royal cypher: WR):
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William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
(1765–1837), of the United Kingdom and Hanover
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William III of England
William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, Zeeland, Lordship of Utrecht, Utrec ...
(1650–1702)
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Willie Revillame
Wilfredo "Willie" Buendia Revillame (; born January 27, 1961), is a Filipino television host, actor, comedian, drummer, singer, and businessman. He has hosted numerous variety shows, such as ''Lunch Date'', Sang Linggo nAPO Sila'' and ''MTB ...
(born 1961), Filipino television host
Science, technology and mathematics
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Band 3
Band 3 anion transport protein, also known as anion exchanger 1 (AE1) or band 3 or solute carrier family 4 member 1 (SLC4A1), is a protein that is encoded by the gene in humans.
Band 3 anion transport protein is a phylogenetically-preserved ...
, a protein (HGNC code: WR)
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Wasserman reaction, an antibody test for syphilis
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Water Resistant mark
Water Resistant is a common mark stamped on the back of wrist watches to indicate how well a watch is sealed against the ingress of water. It is usually accompanied by an indication of the static test pressure that a sample of newly manufacture ...
, stamped on wrist watches
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Wolf-Rayet star, in astronomy
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Wolf-Rayet galaxy
A starburst galaxy is one undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy, or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies.
For example, the star format ...
, in astronomy
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Wreath product
In group theory, the wreath product is a special combination of two groups based on the semidirect product. It is formed by the action of one group on many copies of another group, somewhat analogous to exponentiation. Wreath products are used ...
, in group theory
Sport
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Welter Racing
Welter Racing is a French sports car maker that mainly enters in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since 1990 under the name of Rachel and Gérard Welter, Peugeot's late head of design or Rachel Welter (his wife).
History
was well versed in endurance ci ...
, a French racecar design team
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Wide receiver
A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense (American football), offense, WR gets its name ...
, a position in gridiron football
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Williams Racing
Williams Racing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited and competing as Atlassian Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor. It was founded by Frank Williams (1942–2021) and Patrick Head. The team w ...
, British Formula One motor racing team and constructor
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World record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...
, the best result ever
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World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competit ...
, the governing body for rugby union
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Work rate
In association football, work rate refers to the extent to which a player contributes to running and chasing in a match while not in possession of the ball.
Work rate is generally indicated by the distance covered by a player during a match. An ...
, in association football
Transport and post
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WR postcode area
The WR postcode area, also known as the Worcester postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover central and southern Worcestershire (inclu ...
, West Midlands, England
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WR Draw
WR Draw is an out-of-service railroad bridge crossing the Passaic River between Newark, New Jersey, Newark and the Kearny Uplands, Arlington section of Kearny, New Jersey, Kearny, New Jersey. The Plate girder bridge, plate girder rim-bearing swi ...
, a railbridge in New Jersey, US
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Western Railway zone
The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railw ...
, India
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WestJet Encore
WestJet Encore is a Canadian regional airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta that operates feeder flights for WestJet, owned by the same parent company WestJet Airlines, Ltd.
WestJet Encore was formed in 2013 to allow the increased freque ...
, an airline in Alberta, Canada (IATA:
WR
)
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