Ir
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Symbol, Chemistry.
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Football, Ice Hockey. injured reserve.
Ending up on the IR so close to the end of the regular season may keep him off the ice for the entire Stanley Cup playoffs.
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intelligence ratio.
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Ireland.
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Irish.
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immediate reserve.
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infantry reserve.
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intelligence ratio.
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internal revenue.
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infrared
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(formerly, in Britain) Inland Revenue
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Iran (international car registration)
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Ireland
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Example Sentences
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Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher at the Israeli anti-settlement organisation Ir Amim, said no official Israeli statement linked the demolition and evacuation notices in Al-Eizariya to the E1 project.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Israel’s emergency service said that it received a report of the shooting in Ma’alot Ir David, an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, at 10:42 a.m. on Saturday.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
At least 32 homes have been demolished in Walaja since 2016, according to Ir Amim, a Jerusalem advocacy group.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Although he did not specify which projects he had in mind, Ir Amim, a private group tracking settlements in east Jerusalem, said he was probably referring to projects in Gilo and Givat Hamatos.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2016
"Ir was. This time my coin will champion Ser Loras."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The Rams were already without Nacua, who suffered a knee injury in Week 1 and landed on IR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
Once placed on IR, Nacua will miss at least the next four games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Dr Ulrich Schade, in charge of the beamline, and his team continue to develop the instruments to enable unique, state-of-the-art experimental techniques in IR spectroscopy.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
The new method monitors neutral lipids within LDs directly by detecting changes in IR absorbance.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
"She's a geologist. She knows IR can't get through a sandstorm."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Baden-Baden received the Mayor with flags and cheering, despite the immediate outcropping of his ir- repressible tendency to jest�this time a decision that the town "ought to be called Good & Gooder."
From Time Magazine Archive
This prefix thus appears as en-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as enemy, ignoble, illegal, immortal, infirm, irregular.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The line of breakers ran for about a mile from southwest to northeast, and two hundred fathoms to the north of the ship an ir- regular mass of rocks formed a small islet.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules
It becomes il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
This prefix thus appears as am-, an-, em-, en-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as ambush, anoint, embrace, enclose, illude, immure, include, irritate.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
And some of the new Republican Senators, notably Maryland's Charles McCurdy Mathias Ir. and Pennsylvania's Richard Schweiker, will add strength to the growing group of G.O.P. progressives.
From Time Magazine Archive
A simpler form of quisl is contained in Old Norse quistr, ramus, and the root is to be found in Sansc. dwis, to separate, Gael. and Ir. dis, two.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
In referring to the root ark, erk, I have omitted the Ir. earc, water, the appellative most nearly concerned.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Gael. and Ir. machd, a wave, I find the root of the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
In the Gael. and Ir. ban, white, we may probably find the meaning of the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, identified only as I.R. and F.H., detained Zaitsev on Tuesday morning, pursuant to an administrative arrest warrant, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint in federal court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
“Certification connotes a degree of certitude that isn’t at all possible in the gold industry, especially in Brazil,” said David Soud, an analyst at I.R.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Source: Ian Gilyeat, founder and chief marketing officer at I.R.
From Inc ● Nov. 6, 2012
He’ll now play behind last year’s second-round pick, Chris Cook, who was up-and-down last season before going on I.R. with a torn meniscus in December.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2011
“He’s not going to be on I.R. at this point, so nothing’s ruled out,” Fox said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2011
The loss of sea ice contributes to global warming as the bright white surface makes ir replaced by darker ocean water, which absorbs more sunlight and retains heat.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
My cousin said, “Ya te puedes ir a dormir, Grandma.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Therem stood up before his parent in the flesh, Lord Harish rem ir Stokven, and said to the men, “Did you do as I bid you?”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
“No. Foreth rem ir Osboth: I was his kemmering.’
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Argaven was now in seclusion in the summer-palace at Warrever, and had named Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe as Regent during his confinement.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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