PBA

American  

abbreviation

1. Police Benevolent Association.

2. Professional Bowlers Association.

3. Also called emotional incontinence.  pseudobulbar affect.

4. Public Buildings Administration.

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Example Sentences

Cameron Crowe, a cheery Black bowler, is the newer kid, good enough to play in this company, but with no PBA titles to his name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

As directors Hernandez and Lazarte seem well aware, there’s a reason the PBA doesn’t operate the largest spectator sport in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In the near-decade since Wimberley launched the North Carolina Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association, or PBA, he has worked with some 700 landowners.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

“I never played in the PBA like I wanted, but I ended up getting to share the game in a different way,” Spoelstra said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

The line PBA is sometimes called the radical axis.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene