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TBI

American  
[tee-bee-ahy] / ˈtiˈbiˈaɪ /

abbreviation

PLURAL

TBIs
  1. Medicine/Medical.  traumatic brain injury: damage to the brain from a source outside the body, such as an object that strikes the head violently or penetrates the skull, which causes symptoms ranging from headache and dizziness to permanent physical or mental disability.

  2. Automotive.  throttle-body injection: a fuel-injection system in which an injector delivers fuel to a central location within the intake manifold of the engine.


Example Sentences

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There was blood-spatter analysis, gun tracing, and drone videos in which TBI agents attempted to re-create the shooting of Pauline Pusser.

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It was initially a counterpoint to the Pusser museum’s biannual official bus tour, though this year’s was postponed amid the fallout from the TBI investigation.

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Sorting through the 1,000-page TBI file and associated audio and video requires, as Connie Elam, Mike’s wife, told me, a “police officer’s eye for details.”

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The tour traces important touchstones in the Pusser legend, including, at the end, the place where Pusser claimed that Pauline died, inspiring the blockbuster films, Pusser’s fame, Elam’s decades of work, and, ultimately, the TBI’s decision to revisit the case.

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Allen peppered me with a running commentary on the TBI investigation and his view of the corrupt nature of sheriffs, especially in Pusser’s day.

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