Ga
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General Agent.
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General Assembly.
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Insurance. Also g.a., G/A general average.
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General Assembly (of the United Nations)
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general average
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Georgia
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in S Ghana
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the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
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“Indexed Universal Life policies are often sold as a ‘have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too’ solution: stock-market upside with downside protection and tax-free income,” said Mark Stancato, a certified financial planner with VIP Wealth Advisors in Decatur, Ga.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Our keynote speaker, Truett Cathy, shared his story about growing up poor in Eatonton, Ga.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
It comes from “The Underdog,” off the band’s 2007 album, “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”: You got no fear of the underdog — that’s why you will not survive.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
After that, he began regularly commuting from his family’s home in South Carolina to the nearest RC track in Savannah, Ga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
It is a pentatonic raga, which means that only 5 pitches are used, Sa, Re, Ga, Pa and Dha.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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“In Western cultures and especially in the U.S., men are just socialized this way,” says Dr. Drew Adelman, a clinical psychologist in Atlanta, GA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
GA passholders who are willing to stand typically have access to an area closer to the Mane Stage than those with blankets or low-backed lawn chairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
If you have a GA pass, be prepared to just see the biggest acts on a screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Prior to that, she reported on Hyundai’s first U.S. electric vehicle plant for the Current GA through the Dow Jones News Fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Draw EA, CA, DA, and GA, for the ascending guiding lines.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
Actor Josh Brolin has sold his sprawling Sandy Springs, Ga., estate for $4 million—a final sale price falling just under $1 million less than the original asking price of $4.999 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
OpenAI recently announced $80 million in investment in community projects in Effingham County, Ga., where it seeks to build a massive, 3.2 gigawatt data center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
After hitting the stage to perform in Sugar Hill, Ga., on Friday, the Poison lead singer was advised he needed more time to recuperate from recent surgeries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Tammy Wales, a travel agent from Ringgold, Ga., said she gambled on a mystery trip for research purposes: “I’m always looking for the best deals.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Low; leaflets 3, broadly wedge-form, cut-toothed, scapes several-flowered; petals longer than the calyx.—Wooded hillsides, N. Eng. to Ga., west to Ind., Mich., and Minn. 9.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
“And because I knew Bryce, because I knew Chip, because my son was thinking about being a G.A. here, I was definitely interested.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Together with an alliance of other aluminium makers and a university, G.A.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
Presidents, premiers, monarchs and other dignitaries won’t have to show vaccination cards or other proof of inoculation — they’ll simply attest to it by swiping their ID badges at the assembly hall, G.A.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Then he searched for just the right job, which turned out to be G.A.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
He had picked it up during a single summer spent in what he called "Hotlanta G.A."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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In Vietnam, com ga mam toi, or garlicky chicken rice, is often considered a working person’s meal.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
For now, Nun cho ga is in a freezer in the Yukon, several hours from the mine where it was found, awaiting further analysis.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
The Japanese term shikata ga nai translates to "it can't be undone".
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
Inspired by WoonHeng's mom's ga li chap choi, this brothy bowl is a perfect way to use up whatever vegetables are around.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2022
So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all—plus c’est la meme chose, plus ga change.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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