Ira
noun
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”
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Ira
1 American
[ahy-ruh]
/ ˈaɪ rə /
noun
IRA
2
American
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I.R.A.
IRA
British
abbreviation
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Even if the Treasury Department wanted to do something in coordination with the Fed, most top Fed officials would say no, according to Ira Jersey, chief U.S. interest-rates strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Randy Glein, a longtime board observer, joined the board in February, as did Ira Ehrenpreis, a longtime Tesla board member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
There are two independent American films in the main competition: "Paper Tiger" by James Gray, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, as well as "The Man I Love" by Ira Sachs featuring Rami Malek.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Harvard-Westlake 12, St. Francis 1: The Wolverines, ranked No. 1 in the Southern Section power rankings, received home runs and four RBIs each from James Tronstein and Ira Rootman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ira said timidly, “We would not take what belonged to us all.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
A Custodial Roth IRA acts just like any other Roth IRA but allows a guardian to manage the portfolio until the child becomes an adult.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
John and Mary, who are in their mid-70s, have traditional IRA assets of $3.5 million and total income of $260,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Answer #3: Usually, it’s the job of the financial institution to handle the transfer or retitling of an IRA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
If there is a valid beneficiary designation, the IRA will generally pass to the beneficiaries outside of probate, so you would not retitle it as an estate asset.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ebright had his second consecutive IRA title, revenge for his loss on Lake Washington, and validation for the conclusion that the Associated Press writer had come to back in April.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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