Ig
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Ig
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I.G.
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Indo-Germanic.
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Inspector General.
IG
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IG
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Indo-Germanic (languages)
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Inspector General
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The winners of last year's Ig Nobels included scientists who painted zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies and others who showed how drinking alcohol can help people speak a foreign language.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Like the Nobels they satirise, Ig Nobel laureates hail from all over the world.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The Ig Nobel awards are presented by a US science humour magazine every year, the Annals of Improbable Research.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
In September, his preprint received an Ig Nobel Prize, a satirical award that promotes research that “makes people laugh, then think.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
Hughes, an English friend of mine, has lived in France some five-and-thirty years without reconciling himself to being known as "Monsieur Ig."
From The Guest of Quesnay by Booth Tarkington
Among those who accepted the invitation were banker Hjalmar Schacht, who would later become the Third Reich's chief finance minister; Georg von Schnitzler, head of the chemical and pharmaceutical giant I.G.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
Other camps also existed at Auschwitz, including labor camps where prisoners worked for the chemical company I.G.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This isn’t Netflix’s first time working with Production I.G.
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2021
Baker added, “It doesn’t help the public understand the I.G. report, because their statements are conclusory and not supported by meaningful facts. They just come forward with innuendo and generalizations.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2019
He was to preach in the Legation Chapel the next Sunday, and the I.G. could not resist the temptation of going to hear his old acquaintance.
From Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition by Juliet Bredon
“Brent crude remains above $90 a barrel as geopolitical tensions and uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz keep a significant risk premium in energy markets,” analysts at IG said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“With this tremendous power comes a higher ethical standard that apparently wasn’t met. The IG can and must get answers for the public.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Metal workers union IG Metall said the protests were triggered by reports about the extent of the board’s plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"While shareholders benefit more than handsomely, employees are supposed to sacrifice their contractually guaranteed rights," said IG Metall boss Christiane Benner at a protest in Duesseldorf.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
I wander through the living room, to the kitchen, and out to the backyard, showing everyone that picture of Layla and Warren on IG, and asking around if they’ve seen this girl.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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