Ir
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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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Irish
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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
“The Jewish settlers tried and failed time and time again but this time, they’ve succeeded,” said Aviv Tatarsky, of Ir Amim, an anti-settlement advocacy group.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
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
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 New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2016
"Ir was. This time my coin will champion Ser Loras."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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The Chargers coach did not clarify whether the injury was related to the high-ankle sprain that put Edwards on IR earlier this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
He was placed on IR with a hip injury four weeks ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 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 Chiefs have a former Niners player from that game in receiver Richie Hames, along with defensive lineman Derrick Nnadi on IR, and Austin Reiter and Mike Pennel on the practice squad.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
"IR can't get through sand any better than visible light."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
NOTE.—The forms il-, im-, and ir- are euphonic variations of in-.
From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton
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
During all this time the pris- 431:6 oner attended to his daily labors, partaking of food at ir- regular intervals, sometimes going to sleep immediately after a heavy meal.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
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 Jules Verne
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
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In the Gael. and Ir. ban, white, we may probably find the meaning of the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
AS. breac rheum, broc sickness, Ir. bracha corruption.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Ir. blocan a little block, Gael. plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh. connected with E. blow a stroke.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Thus we find Ir. corcur, “purple,” casc, “Easter”; cenciges, “Whitsuntide”; cruimther, “presbyter.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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’s not going to be on I.R. at this point, so nothing’s ruled out,” Fox said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2011
Torn triceps landed the 34-year-old Williams on I.R. last September, and knee problems dogged him before that.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2010
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
The fact is that Carter thinks the press is ir responsible.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A tightly knit organization was ir possible in the South, but in the North discipline was the key to survival.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Arbet ir in teater?” he said once, and then again when Boaz stared at him blankly.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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