PTA
PTA
1 American
Or
P.T.A.
Pta.
2
American
abbreviation
-
Ptas
plural
PTA
1
British
abbreviation
pta
2
British
symbol
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The calculations also support an earlier finding that binaries with total black hole masses roughly above 109 solar masses dominate the predicted PTA signal.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Now she gets the same question at every PTA meeting and presentation—and she understands the exasperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Shannon Kessler, a former PTA president and church leader who is now running for state Assembly, has worked within the wider network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 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
The PTA mom at the door table smiled up at me, checked off my name, and gave me a red paper heart with my name on it from the shoe box marked 6-3.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
The pta president noted that some parents objected to turning over funds to poorer schools downtown.
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 William T. Preyer
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