CTA
commodities trading adviser.
CTA
1 American
C.T.A.
2
American
abbreviation
Law.
Etymology
Origin of C.T.A.
From Latin cum testāmentō annexō
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Barrera benefited from more than $9 million in independent campaign spending in support of his election by the California Teachers Assn., or CTA, which he said was instrumental in helping him get his message out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Leading up to this race, CTA had backed the last eight winners for the office, going back 32 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“The terminals are old! They weren’t meant for this,” a tired CTA employee explained, kindly ushering us through the stroller entrance as the next train rumbled toward the platform.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Evidence that the CTA deters real criminals is thin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But the open nature of the border means there is little publicly available data showing exactly how many people are claiming asylum in Northern Ireland having arrived via the CTA.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Yes, C.T.A. chief Carter needs to go,” Crain’s Chicago Business wrote in an editorial last month, saying that his agency was in a “shambolic state.”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
The withdrawal agreement gives the Republic of Ireland and the U.K. the option to maintain the C.T.A. or to negotiate a new, similar deal, but there’s no requirement that they do so.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 31, 2019
Didn’t the blame really belong to Daley’s C.T.A. chief, Forest Claypool, who had nothing to do with Rahm Emanuel?
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2015
The bar’s patrons line-danced in the street — forcing the police to shut down Halsted and re-route C.T.A. buses around Greektown — to celebrate the Greek team’s 2004 European soccer championship.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2010
Two years ago, the C.T.A. contributed $2 million to California candidates and parties.
From Time Magazine Archive
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