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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commerce tare
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teaspoon(ful)
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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
But Starr says the most data from t REITs, which control about 30 percent of the industry and are subject to quarterly reporting requirements, shows occupancy increasing for the first time, year-to-year, since 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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
As part of their investigation, detectives searched the Hollywood Hills home where the D4vd lived, t, and removed electronic evidence and other items from the residence, which had been leased by the singer’s manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
“You have my thanks, Lord Snow. For the half-blind horse, the salt cod, the free air. For y hope.” t Their breath mingled, a white mist in the air.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“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
Local mayor Sebastiaan van 't Erve told AFP news agency everyone had been shocked by the incident on the long-awaited road.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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 is re-energizing Ajax against the backdrop of a tragedy in his personal life.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
The first time my brother says ain 't my mother pulls a branch from the willow tree growing down the hill at the edge of our backyard.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
There’s sweet Sister Agnes saying, “Now put a top line on the T, Johnnie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Tip Toe's creator Russell T Davies: 'I wish television could change the world'
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
T cell receptor therapy, known as TCR therapy, is a form of cancer treatment that genetically modifies immune cells called T cells so they can recognize and attack cancer with high precision.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The countdown had reached T minus ten minutes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
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
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
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
Legere’s testimony regarding T-Mobile’s potential pricing strategy Thursday stemmed from a September 2019 T-Mobile document that made projections about T- Mobile’s future as a standalone company in 2020.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
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
He pulled his shorts and jeans on but left his T- shirt off and tied it around the handrail line to air it out, although he put the lifejacket back on.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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
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
"How about h - a -t?" asked the Warden.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
"Well then, tell me, what does c - a -t spell?"
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
In the second class, besides the addition of -t or -d, the vowel is shortened, Present.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
“Was that supposed to be comforting? Because, no offense, it wasn t. “
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“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
Housing costs are climbing, but James T. Butts Jr. defends the growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Supply constraints and deficit-fueled demand have delivered a double blow to bonds, said Steve Boothe, head of global investment grade at T. Rowe Price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
T. rex lived during the Cretaceous Period, when Earth's climate was much warmer than today.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
They focused on a featured lawyer, Melanie T. Partow, who worked on Mohammed’s case through the Military Commissions Defense Organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But I was feeling so much better, I could deal with Paulie T. myself.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Instead, we get Mr. T’s rags-to-riches story, his charm and his self-awareness of his own limitations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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 were still at Big T’s on Monday night when the evening newspaper came with word of the investigator’s report.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
“But he dots his Is and crosses his Ts and does all the right things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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
"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
It’s just making sure our i’s are dotted and our t’s are crossed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“It’s part of the season, it’s gonna happen, and t’s happening for us the last week and a half. We just have to keep going, keep working hard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Adam could hear the singing lilt of his speech and yet could detect no word pronounced in a strange manner except perhaps in sharpened t’s and /’s held high on the tongue.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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
An increase in such investme ts would give India a timely economic boost and China more access to the world's fastest-growing major economy.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
It is a worse evil to introduce such monstrosities as tsento, tsivila, etc., than to allow two symbols for the same sound, ts and c.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
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