Ir
abbreviation
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Symbol, Chemistry.
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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.
IR
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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
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
At least 32 homes have been demolished in Walaja since 2016, according to Ir Amim, a Jerusalem advocacy group.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Ir said the robots can go anywhere a pedestrian can easily walk.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
"Ir was. This time my coin will champion Ser Loras."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Once placed on IR, Nacua will miss at least the next four games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
Heck, the guy’s beginning his 17th season on the IR!
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
The new method monitors neutral lipids within LDs directly by detecting changes in IR absorbance.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
"She's a geologist. She knows IR can't get through a sandstorm."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
This prefix thus appears as en-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as enemy, ignoble, illegal, immortal, infirm, irregular.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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
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
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
W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
From the Ir. biol, buol, I derive the following, keeping out the rivers of the Slavonic districts, which may be referred to the Slav. biala, white.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
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
But the Gael. and Ir., caoin, soft, gentle, is a word liable to intermix.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
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
That has less to do with the size of the vessel’s hazardous cargo than the unique natural features and usage of the Red Sea, said Ian Ralby, founder of maritime security firm I.R.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Source: Ian Gilyeat, founder and chief marketing officer at I.R.
From Inc ● Nov. 6, 2012
Warren, who was cut by New England last month, spent last season on I.R. with a hip injury.
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 instrument does not ir radiate the subject in any way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actually he uses the same sound, intermediate between ir and oi, for both words.
From Time Magazine Archive
Being of his flesh born they had his name Foreth rem ir Osborth, and were reared in that Clanhearth.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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