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KIA

American  

plural

KIA's, KIAs
  1. Also K.I.A. killed in action.

  2. a member of the military services who has been killed in action.


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Brookfield is targeting $10 billion in equity for its new AI infrastructure fund and has already raised $5 billion of that from investors including Nvidia, KIA and Brookfield’s own balance sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The KIA could not immediately be reached for confirmation.

From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2023

The KIA is one of the largest of dozens of ethnic insurgent groups that have been battling the military for decades, even before the coup.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

There were five EV Super Bowl ads in 2022 costing roughly $58 million, including for the BMW IX, the electric Chevy Silverado, GM’s EV line-up, the KIA EV6 and Polestar.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Among them are two Mach-Es, a KIA EV, a 2018 Chevrolet Volt, and a 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime with Tom Pollak behind the wheel.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022