TIA
abbreviation
TIA
1 American
tia
2
American
[tee-uh]
/ ˈti ə /
noun
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tias
plural
TIA
British
abbreviation
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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
Lopez had to get her information from her friends and her tias, much like Valdez had once learned about menstruation from her aunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Tia’s Text Thread series is an ode to the tias and moms who choose to express themselves through animated GIFs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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
There was her mother ever present, or if she must absent herself, there was a bevy of tias comadres surrounding her, until the Doña Anita dare not even raise her eyes to meet his.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
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