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
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American
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I.R.A.
IRA
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
By default, it doesn’t send any data to the cloud, says Ira Renfrew, Familiar Machines’ co-founder and chief product officer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Harvard-Westlake 2, St. Francis 0: Junior Justin Kirchner threw six scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts and Ira Rootman had a home run and two RBIs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Qatari contracts are usually more rigid, said Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“Say, there’s gonna be a game of marbles after lunch,” Ira announced.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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