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tass

1 American  
[tas] / tæs /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

  1. a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.

  2. the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.

Tass 2 American  
[tas, tahs] / tæs, tɑs /
Or TASS

noun

  1. a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

tass 1 British  
/ tæs, ˈtæsɪ /

noun

  1. a cup, goblet, or glass

  2. the contents of such a vessel

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Tass 2 British  
/ tæs /

noun

  1. (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass

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Etymology

Origin of tass1

1475–85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; tazza

Origin of Tass2

< Russian, acronym from T ( elegráfnoe ) a ( génstvo ) S ( ovétskogo ) S ( oyúza ) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union

Example Sentences

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Russia and Iran also signed a free-trade agreement in 2025, boosting the amount of business the countries do with each other, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he added that Russia does not intend to exit the negotiating process with the US, Russian news agency Tass reported.

From BBC

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the Kremlin and the U.S. are closer to resolving the conflict in Ukraine, but that it would be inappropriate to set any deadlines, state news agency Tass reported on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that the Kremlin agreed to continue talks with the U.S. after Dmitriev briefed Putin, according to Tass.

From The Wall Street Journal

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent U.S. trip, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to state-controlled Tass news agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

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