Ara
noun
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
Ara
1 American
[ay-ruh, air-uh]
/ ˈeɪ rə, ˈɛər ə /
noun
Astronomy.
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Arae
genitive
ARA
2
American
A.R.A.
3
American
abbreviation
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American Railway Association.
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Associate of the Royal Academy.
ARA
1
British
abbreviation
Ara
2
British
/ ˈɑːrə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ara
From the Latin word āra altar
Example Sentences
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Ara Partners would own 19.9% of Energy Fuels following the closing of the Vac transaction and Energy Fuels’ planned acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Developers and enterprises like using Cursor because of its cost-effective AI product, according to Ara Kharazian, lead economist at Ramp, a financial-technology company tracking how businesses spend on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Beyond Netflix’s big bet on the World Cup slate, it’s not hard to get Ramos and Ara to make further wagers on this year’s tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
"When I look at the photographs, I see the moments Ara Guler captured -- sailors arriving on boats. He would walk through the streets and beaches of Cannes, observe what was happening."
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
I found, besides, from Ara to Glea, In the broad rich country of Ossorie, Sweet fruits, good laws for all and each, Great chess players, men of truthful speech.
From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
And the ARA points to an average loss of 15% in wages for those who leave the workforce early to become caregivers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
French advocacy group Children's Health also named the company in a court filing, asking the government to order companies to pull all formula with ARA oil produced by Cabio Biotech.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
“With the river levels so low there’s no point in having product in ARA as you can’t move it down the Rhine, and backwardation is discouraging having product in tank,” one European trader said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022
Under the ARA, these families are receiving $3,000 per child and $3,600 for every child under the age of six.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
Page 6: Spaced out the OE ligature in ARA COELI.
From A Catalogue of Books Published by Methuen and Co., October 1909 by Methuen & Co.
This year, with 60 hospitals, 200 schools and colleges and nearly 40% of the top 500 U.S. industrial corporations among his customers, A.R.A.
From Time Magazine Archive
When our mission was completed, the entire A.R.A. staff was given a banquet in the Kremlin at which we were told that we had saved 20 million lives.
From Time Magazine Archive
A year later Danby exhibited The Delivery of Israel out of Egypt, for which he was elected an A.R.A.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by S. R. Koehler
In this year he was elected A.R.A., and exhibited “The Gifts of the Fairies,” “The Daughter of the House,” “Absconded,” and a very fine portrait of Samuel Cousins, the mezzotint engraver.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
I hoped," she said, "that when Montagu was made an A.R.A. he would be less of a bear.
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
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