PTA
PTA
1 American
Or
P.T.A.
Pta.
2
American
abbreviation
Ptas
plural
PTA
1
British
abbreviation
pta
2
British
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So it’s like the best of both worlds because I have PTA and then I have culinary school who’s teaching me how to be the best leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Even the schlocky stuff — the films we assume will float from our memories the second they’re over — can turn out to be barn-burners as unforgettable as a good PTA speech.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
As for those requesting whistles, Bridges has heard from everyone from large churches to concerned neighbors to PTA groups.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
Nina is also under social pressure to keep up with her fellow wealthy housewives’ habits, such as giving speeches to the PTA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
“Students who are performing this evening, please be back at five thirty. The play will begin at six sharp. Parents and family, I hope you’ll stay for the PTA meeting that will follow.”
From "George" by Alex Gino
It is the parental contributions to the local pta that allow for the improvement of the technical aspects of the public schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
One hundred percent of the children's parents are in the pta, which runs 22 committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
With her tousled but well-scrubbed blondness, she looks as if she would be at ease in a law office or a pta car pool.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of traveling and seeing friends, as they expected to do in their autumn years, they are back in the business of going to birthday parties and pta meetings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Words too hard are given back with tapĕta, pĕta, pta, ptö-ptö or rateratetat.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.
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