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IPA

American  
Or I.P.A.

abbreviation

  1. India pale ale.

  2. International Phonetic Alphabet.

  3. International Phonetic Association.

  4. International Press Association.

IPA British  

abbreviation

  1. International Phonetic Alphabet

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I order fried vendace rolled in rye flour, mashed potatoes beside it, and a local IPA.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Punk IPA had become their favourite beer and they admired the maverick Aberdeenshire company's bid to take on the global brewing giants.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Among patients with colorectal cancer, those with higher levels of IPA in the bloodstream after chemotherapy showed lower monocyte levels.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

Craft beer drinkers know Pliny the Elder as the inspiration for his namesake double IPA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

I told the IPA those men weren't criminals.

From A World is Born by Brackett, Leigh Douglass

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