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noun
Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.
Taken on by the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian) after winning the Observer's crossword-setting competition two years running, he was later made an MBE for services to the newspaper industry.
Initialism of molecular-beam epitaxy.
Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.
Initialism of management by exception.