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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He noted that the companies share just two officers: Musk and Ira Ehrenpreis, a longtime Tesla board member who joined SpaceX in February.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
And Musk’s colleague, Ira Ehrenpreis, serves as a director of both companies.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Ira Winkler, strategic adviser at cybersecurity platform Arms Cyber, and former chief security architect at Walmart, said cybersecurity spending is a better indication of business-risk priorities than a survey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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
Then Ira knocked them off balance by picking off marbles at the edge.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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