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TIA

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. transient ischemic attack.

  2. thanks in advance.


tia 2 American  
[tee-uh] / ˈti ə /

noun

  • tias
    plural
  1. Spanish. aunt; (also used as a term of respect toward an older woman).


TIA British  

abbreviation

  1. transient ischaemic attack; a stroke causing minor and temporary symptoms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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TIA launched a hotline this month for member companies to reach out about cargo and strategic theft; it received more than 40 reports in the first few days, Burroughs said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

Capitol attending physician wrote, "There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease."

From Salon Sep. 8, 2023

TIA is an acronym for a transient ischemic attack, a brief stroke.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

“There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease,” Dr. Monahan wrote.

From Washington Times Sep. 5, 2023

Much to his father's annoyance he quit the bank to work in comics and in 1958 "Mortadelo and Filemon", featuring two secret agents who work for the TIA, a parody of the CIA, was born.

From Reuters Jul. 15, 2023

“My tia did not make it,” John Martinez wrote in a tweet about Garcia, his aunt.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2022

“My tia did not make it,” John Martinez wrote on Twitter about his aunt, Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2022

"My family is from the North. I do get the sensation of the memories of my grandmothers, or my tia, when eating certain dishes like albondigas."

From Salon Nov. 18, 2021

She gets 17,000,000 tons from mines in four provinces: Nova Sco tia, New Brunswick, Alberta and British Columbia.

From Time Magazine Archive

She and tia Estela used to share a cramped, dusty room all the way in the back of the house.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

She is clever and surprisingly funny even when talking about serious things — from structural racism in immigration policy to the tios, tias and ancestors who have shaped her studies and her life.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2022

I’m thinking about my tias, I’m thinking about my Tia Felicia, I’m thinking about my mom.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2022

Those babbies and tias and friends most likely died after being isolated from friends and family in their final days.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2021

“The majority of people in those trainings were 60 plus, they were tias, they were abuelas,” Makam said.

From The Guardian Oct. 18, 2018

From the Gael. and Ir. taosg, to pour, tias, tide, flood, may be the following.

From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson

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