t
a random variable having a t distribution.
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'ta shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.
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Tnounthe 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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T-(in designations of aircraft) trainer.
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-tvariant of -ed used in forming the past tense or past participle of certain verbs, usually occurring when the final consonant of the stem is voiceless, a lateral, or a nasal and there is internal vowel change in the root.
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t.abbreviationin the time of.
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T.abbreviationtablespoon; tablespoonful.
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the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.
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something having the shape of a T .
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a written or printed representation of the letter T or t.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T or t.
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Football. tackle.
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taken from.
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teaspoon; teaspoonful.
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temperature.
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tablespoon; tablespoonful.
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Territory.
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absolute temperature
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the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame
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something shaped like a T
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in every detail; perfectly
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commerce tare
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teaspoon(ful)
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temperature
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Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine
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The symbol for the isotope tritium.
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Etymology
Origin of T4
First recorded in 1970–75
Origin of t.10
From the Latin word tempore
Example Sentences
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The global oil benchmark fell 1.8% to $98.92 a barrel, while WTI futures slipped 1.75% t $90.62 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
On Thursday, according to Beijing’s readout of discussions, Xi warned t he U.S. could trigger conflict if the U.S. mishandled the situation—a slightly sharper version of what China has said before.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“Not at all – didn t see the press here 😬 and journalists write a lot of nonsense anyways,” she replied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
"I let my teammates down tonight. … It's been a long season. Hate how it ended. t is gonna stick with me for a long time. Can't win with 5 turnovers."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
And he didn t envy Laborers at all.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
Mr van 't Noordende adds that many companies are passing those extra costs on to their customers, which is adding upward pressure to general inflation.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
“The decision to join U.S. Soccer wasn ‘t just about football for me,” Pochettino said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
RoboChem was developed by the group of Prof. Timothy Noël at the UvA's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
Van ’t Schip said Ajax “needs to find the way up again and I’m happy to help in that matter.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Polly realized with a start. / didn ’t think such a thing was even possible.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
If you’re within the normal T range, there’s no evidence that upping testosterone “improves any medical outcome,” said Goncalves, the director of the Holman Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at NYU Langone Health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Tip Toe's creator Russell T Davies: 'I wish television could change the world'
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
He also noted that an individual’s T levels fluctuate constantly and can be affected by stress and poor sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Current approaches generally require a personalized treatment made from each patient's own T cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Is that how you greet company, T? Offer your friend a drink.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The graph has included the sampling distribution of the differences in the sample means to show how the t- distribution aligns with the sampling distribution data.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
This can easily be found on the student’s t- table at the very bottom at infinite degrees of freedom remembering that at infinity the t-distribution is the normal distribution.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
IsBell said he spreads that message at root beer float socials, game nights and other events wearing a Ron Paul t- shirt.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 2, 2012
The mill could buy the cotton, the mill could spin it, and make it into a t- shirt or underwear, but somebody’s got to take that off the shelf.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 29, 2011
In fact, other things being equal, it is preferable to place ĉi before rather than after the t- word, though both forms are equally correct.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
That’s partly because the Fed’s monthly purchases of short-term T- bills are easing strains in overnight funding markets, while also keeping long-term rates steady by extension.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
A man was asked to remove his “Jesus Saves” T- shirt or leave the Mall of America while visiting the Minnesota shopping mecca this month.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Philly's strength in 2021, however, is its defense, ranked 10th in scoring and seventh in total defense, compared to a Chiefs squad that's T- 31st and 30th in those respective categories.
From Fox News ● Sep. 30, 2021
Meanwhile, Sprint, the No. 3 carrier, is nearing an agreement to merge with No. 4 T- Mobile, people familiar with the matter said earlier this month.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
Jan Sorensen leaned against a plywood garbage bin; Marty Johansson stood with his feet planted wide, his forearms folded across his bare chest, his T- shirt tucked into his pants waist.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Now you run sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -t xiwi -u -n xenial, replacing xenial with your chosen chroot name if you have something custom.
From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2017
If I put in xiwi -t code . that -t flag tells it to open my app in a Chrome tab instead of an independent app window.
From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2017
"Well then, tell me, what does c - a -t spell?"
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
"How about h - a -t?" asked the Warden.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
When the past participle has an ending, it is either -d, -ed, -t, or -en.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
Reality is that you are giving up your family time by doing the o. t. when they need you at work.
From Time ● May 3, 2013
Says Dr. Gumpert: The T. B. death rate may have dropped, but there are now 1,500,000 cases of t. b. in Germany, more than one-fourth of them advanced.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the adjacent connotation "badger v. t." which Webster does say derives from Wisconsin is as follows: "To beat down; cheat; barter; bargain."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Be a good boy and be careful. No, you can’t kiss me here. You >. »» can t. “All right.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
“I wanted to bathe her. I had the sponge in my hand. But she wouldn t. She kept laughing and saying no.”
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
About 66 million years ago, a large dinosaur, possibly a T. rex or Nanotyrannus, swallowed a bird.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
His interests extended beyond jazz, and he did noteworthy collaborations with choreographer Bill T. Jones and classical pianist Ursula Oppens; in addition, he played with Bjork in the early 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I wasn’t champing at the bit to see another production of “Ma Rainey’s,” but I’m glad I didn’t miss this latest Wilson revival at A Noise Within, directed by Gregg T. Daniel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Russell T. Davies, the Swansea-born writer behind shows including Doctor Who and Channel 4's It's a Sin, also said online that he "can't wait".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the same vein, a fierce debate raged between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
The documentary also features his former agent, Peter Young, who makes comments about Mr. T’s involvement in the 1993 film “Freaked,” in which he played the Bearded Lady.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Anderson, a professor of nutritional sciences at U of T's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, says the evidence from human research has not always matched those concerns.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Morgan Da Savage's rap went viral after she performed on DJ and producer Toddla T's independent music platform Steeze Factory.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 1913, Henry Ford reorganized his Detroit factory around a moving assembly line, slashing the Model T’s assembly time to 93 minutes from 12.5 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
We felt the idea spreading at Big T’s.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Cheating aside, the Model Ts proved that they could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
In recent weeks, the Cougs have left their Is undotted and their Ts without a cross, never more so than on these trick plays.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
As indie filmmakers, you’re so eager to get money so you can make the movie that sometimes you forget to cross your Ts and dot your I’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
At one point, over half of all cars in the world were Model Ts.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2023
He misses the press of people, the noise and chaos, black Model Ts rattling along the cobblestones, the treacly smell of street vendors’ peanuts roasting in sugar.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
“No matter what the federal government was doing, they knew that if they weren’t dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s, they were going to get called to account,” Hilton said.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
Elliot: People always spell my name with two t's.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
And I don’t tend to favor biographies, because there generally are some tedious sections in the middle as the writer dots the i’s and crosses the t’s of the subject’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I recognized your tiny handwriting right away, all wobbly and with those weird loops you put on top of your t's and i's.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
Shares in the French distiller initially fell on reports of talks with ts Kentucky-based peer, but investors changed their minds after the companies confirmed the talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The company has repurchased $78 billion of stock since 2016 at an average price of $441, double the current share price, according to a presentation accompanying i ts third-quarter earnings relea External link se.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
McChrystal Group did not respond to questions from The Times about ts next report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
However the vandals somehow managed to spell the word 'out' with two ts.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
Also in the future suffix t or ts.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson
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