TV
noun
TV
1 American
[tee-vee, tee-]
/ ˈtiˈvi, ˌti- /
noun
TVs
plural
TV
2
American
abbreviation
TV
1
British
abbreviation
-
television
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transvestite
tv
2
British
abbreviation
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Iran has "never had on its agenda any dangerous measures in cyberspace and does not support such moves", spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on state TV at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
You can’t keep a beloved news team down, even after more than a decade since being yanked off the air in a move that stunned fans and local TV newsrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Category: Guest actor in a drama series Résumé: 84 film and TV credits since 1975, including “Three Days of the Condor,” “The Jeffersons” and “White Men Can’t Jump”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Arman Asmara Syarifuddin, an East Java police official, told Kompas TV on Monday some 28 people were still missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Football players had Time Out, too; he saw it on TV when his daddy watched the Patriots.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
“It’s better not to be on tv for us,” one defendant wrote in a group chat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Other tracks include tv off, dodger blue, peekaboo, and gnx.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
Her sorority wrote on Instagram that she loved “reading, binging netflix tv shows, and yoga.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
An impairment charge of $55 million to $65 million is anticipated for removing certain existing licensed and produced content from Roku-operated services on its tv streaming platform.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
You might want to ask why so long with this news, well its been out for years in and out of video’s papers, books, magazines, radio, tv, all over the world.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
The TVs played scenes from the Harry Potter films and helped suspend disbelief where magical creatures were involved, and the lighting system aided in spellcasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Roku is the biggest streaming platform for smart TVs in the US, running on more than a quarter of internet-connected devices, according to research firm Park Associates.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Unfortunately they do have to walk past all the TVs to get upstairs to the rooftop, so I will get caught in my lie immediately,” Terranova said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Argentines denied World Cup visas are getting free TVs instead.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
I’ve seen bigger salons in the mansions atop the hills of Petionville, even fancier furniture and wider flat-screen TVs.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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