BRT
abbreviation
(used in digital communications) be right there.
BRT
1 American
Or
brt
abbreviation
B.R.T.
2
American
abbreviation
BRT
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of BRT
First recorded in 2000–05
Example Sentences
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The BBC has learned that the organiser of the event - known only as "Project BRT" - hired 90 children aged six to 14 from one agency, Jam 2000.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
He told Turkish Cypriot BRT TV that the blaze would hopefully be brought completely under control with help from Greek Cypriot and Israeli aircraft.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
“The extent to which BRT is used for its flexibility and to conform to non-transit friendly surroundings, we’re wasting our money,” said Beth Osborne, director of advocacy group Transportation for America.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
“That’s where BRT gets us in trouble. It’s on the roadway, and the roadway is still being built for a spread-out transportation system.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
The BRT in April also launched a coalition focused on giving adults with criminal records a chance at employment, with major employers such as Walmart and JPMorgan Chase starting to recruit formerly incarcerated workers.
From Washington Post
Mayor John F. Hylan, who as a young man had been fired as an engineer by a predecessor to the B.R.T., capitalized on the crash in his unrelenting campaign for public ownership of the subways.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
Like today, the state — in the form of the Public Service Commission — was largely responsible for the subway system, which, at the time, was run by two private lines, the B.R.T.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
In Manaus, the Amazon’s biggest city, residents found the initials B.R.T., referring to a new transportation system, spray-painted on homes to be destroyed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2012
He published a pamphlet charging that in the eleven years since President Whitney took office, B.R.T. had paid in salaries $995,542.74 more than in the ten preceding years.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was riding in one of those B.R.T. subway trains the other day and there were two women sitting next me on one of those cross seats.
From The Boy Grew Older by Heywood Broun
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