a city in central Oklahoma.
Douay Bible. Adah.
a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”
American Dental Association. null A.D.A.
American Diabetes Association. null A.D.A.
Americans for Democratic Action. null A.D.A.
Americans with Disabilities Act: a federal law prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental impairments and guaranteeing access to employment opportunities and access to state and local government programs and services, signed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.
American Dental Association.
American Diabetes Association.
Americans for Democratic Action.
Named after Augusta Ada (Byron), Countess of Lovelace (1815–37), English mathematician, who assisted Charles Babbage in developing a precursor of the modern computer
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"He got married, had four beautiful little girls. He talks out against gang violence" that got him caught up in the criminal justice system, Ada said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Ada Ferrer is one of the country’s leading historians of Cuba and her timely memoir, “Keeper of My Kin,” arrives at a moment of renewed urgency for Cuba.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Founded in Bologna in 1954 by an Italian corsetry maker named Ada Masotti, La Perla’s lingerie became high fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, taking inspiration and personnel from Barack Obama’s two election wins, was a data-heavy enterprise that relied on analytics — and, famously, an algorithm named Ada.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
Also, I wanted to get one last look at Ada Taylor before she graduated and never came back to Lily again.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Results from that study were also presented at the ADA meeting and published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Currently, the law subsidizes 83 ADA positions for Orleans Parish.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
A full dataset will be released at ADA Scientific Sessions in early June, which will provide a more in-depth evaluation of the results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“The thing that makes it a workhorse for urban forests,” says Vejar, “is also what makes cities have to pay out millions in lawsuits from people tripping, ADA violations and such.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
SIMPSON, ADA, 40 years old, visiting at 537 West Sixty-fifth street, Denver.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
“It is for this reason that the A.D.A. is enforced by only a small handful of plaintiff advocates.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Then she revised that statement: “Well, it shouldn’t take two years. But what worked well was that they closed the street first and then they made those updates,” such as adding more A.D.A. parking spaces.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2022
Mr. Buttigieg said there were about 900 stations across the country that were not A.D.A. compliant.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Because of his injuries, Mr. Dole instinctively understood the issues faced by other disabled individuals, according to Tony Coelho, the former House Democratic whip from California who was the primary author of the A.D.A.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
He told the jury, in so many words, to pay no attention to either the A.D.A. or to Mr. Tutt, and to listen only to him, because he was the whole thing.
From By Advice of Counsel by Train, Arthur Cheney
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