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FFA

1 American  

F.F.A. 2 American  
Or f.f.a.

abbreviation

  1. Commerce. free from alongside (ship).


ffa British  

abbreviation

  1. free from alongside (ship)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Abu Dhabi’s relative strength looks constructive, supported by resilient earnings and its banking and telecom sectors, says Mazen Abou Ismail, head of trading desk at FFA Private Bank Dubai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

And the FFA certified the 737 MAX 7 for flight.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The FFA said the Boeing aircraft was towed to the gate after landing.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

They drove a half-hour to a dirt-floor events center in McKinney, a Dallas suburb, for a livestock show organized by local chapters of the 4-H Club and the National FFA Organization.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

Sixty series were taken, and the values found for the average ET were 4.52 secs, for FFA and 6.24 secs, for FAA, ST being 5.0 secs.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

Kaylen Baker, a 17-year-old from Yukon, a suburb of Oklahoma City, said she joined F.F.A., as her father did, and likewise raised pigs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011

Mr. Pearson, 17, raised 50 head of cattle and competed at livestock judging and agricultural sales in F.F.A., but he said his career ambitions were elsewhere, perhaps in sales.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011

That gives the F.F.A. a calling card as an organization that actually prepares students for viable careers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011

The F.F.A. judges, in selecting north central Tennessee's Joe Moore last week, went mostly by statistics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost as a matter of course, Joe joined the F.F.A. when he entered high school in Gainesboro.

From Time Magazine Archive

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