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Taira

American  
[tahy-rah] / ˈtaɪ rɑ /

noun

  1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.

  2. former name of Iwaki.


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“We’re not trying to sell cars here,” Tom Taira, Carvana’s president of special projects, told reporters at its recently remodeled Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store in Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

One such human is Mayuka Taira, who said in comments provided by Sony AI to Reuters that the robot’s strengths are what one might expect: unpredictability and an absence of emotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Vijay Taira, vice-president of the Kashmir Apple Merchants Association in the Azadpur fruit market in Delhi, says there's been an influx of Iranian apples in India's fruit markets.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

“And many people started to believe it. You’ve seen how this happens under the influence of propaganda? People start to despair,” Taira said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

The father of this Taira chief was a soldier whose valor had won him a large estate.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

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