'tis

[tiz]

1. a contraction of it is.

'tis

/ tɪz /

contraction

1. it is

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

As last year showed, “tis the season” for continued roster moves — even after the initial roster is set.

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The VOI/TIS program established a $10 billion pool of grant money available from 1995 to 2001 to states that adopted policies that kept people convicted of violent crimes in prison longer.

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The VOI/TIS grants did not start until 1996, and prison populations had been growing since 1972.

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In other words, about 60 percent of the growth in U.S. prisons between 1972 and 2009 took place before the VOI/TIS program.

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But even that analysis oversells the impact of VOI/TIS.

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