KY
abbreviation
Kentucky (approved especially for use with zip code).
KY
1 Americanabbreviation
Ky.
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Ky
1
British
/ kiː /
noun
Ky.
2
British
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ky
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KY: My relationships to images and to Blackness are not linear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Act 1090 is just one of more than 100 laws that went into effect Wednesday in Arkansas, KY 3 reported.
From Fox News ● Jul. 30, 2021
The library director in Owensboro, KY, feels this is not true, so she asked a local college statistic class to conduct a survey.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Statewide teacher groups, including the Kentucky Education Association and KY 120 United, had urged teachers to go to work Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2019
I worked hard for about two hours on the polar side, and was sending to some cracker jack, who signed "KY."
From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by John A. Hill
Wendell Erdman Berry was born on Aug. 5, 1934, in Louisville, Ky., to John Marshall Berry Sr., a lawyer and tobacco farmer, and Virginia Perry Berry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Detroit, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Ala., and Louisville, Ky., it also takes fewer than 12 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Kevin Alleman, 69, retired, of Union, Ky., who bought tickets to the final concert by country-music star Alan Jackson:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Ludwig still was facing charges on Sept. 11 when he was found dead in a park near a pavilion in Rowan County, Ky., according to the county coroner’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“You’re not staying for dinner, Ky. Drink the coffee, take the cigarettes if you want, but then leave, please. Actually, I’m not asking you to leave, I’m telling you to leave, do you understand?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
“It’s definitely a complete shift to everything that most dealers I know believe, which is, the more products you have, the more product you can sell,” said Shane Collins, a Ford dealer in Louisville, Ky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Three others have been severely injured, including a driver as recently as June in Louisville, Ky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ky Robinson was fourth in an Australian record 8:08.40.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“People mainly think about lowering their tax bill today, but they also need to think ahead to have tax-free money down the road,” said James Scott Downing, a certified financial planner in Lexington, Ky.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
At the California shell house, Ky Ebright sat on the upstairs porch, wearing dark glasses, nodding and smiling at people as they streamed by below, saying nothing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Is it possible tlo use my iPhone 3gs to hook ky Dell laptop to the Internet?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2010
"Don' ky," he said, pulling away her hand to kiss her cheek.
From Elsie's children by Martha Finley
"Ven I ky an keam an kick an hold my bwef—I s'ow you how!"
From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
"No; he won't let anybody make me ky," chimed in Evelyn, promptly accepting the proffered protection.
From A Captured Santa Claus by Thomas Nelson Page
Get up, get up, Braikley, and turn bak your ky, Or me and mi women will them defy.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
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