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N.E.A.

American  
Or NEA

abbreviation

  1. National Education Association.

  2. National Endowment for the Arts.


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During an eight-year legal battle, Finley and her fellow artists were awarded the value of their vetoed grants but lost their broader challenge to N.E.A. policy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Ms. Pringle quietly ascended via Zoom in September 2020 to her three-year term as president of the N.E.A.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

Over the summer, at the union’s representative assembly — where Mr. Biden addressed the group, calling the N.E.A. “indispensable” — delegates voted to pour $675,000 into measures to “eradicate institutional racism” in public schools.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

The N.E.A., in particular, has enjoyed increased visibility: Jill Biden, the first lady and a longtime educator, is a member.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

Professor Pratt's report is thus seen to be philosophic rather than constructive, and terminology reform will undoubtedly make more immediate progress through the efforts of the N.E.A.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens

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