tr.
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tare.
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tincture.
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trace.
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train.
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transaction.
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transitive.
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translated.
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translation.
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translator.
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transpose.
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transposition.
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treasurer.
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Music. trill.
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troop.
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trust.
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trustee.
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music trill
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Etymology
Origin of T.R.
From Latin tempore rēgis
Example Sentences
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Probably resigned on account of Test. 1682-1688—THOMAS HALL, A.M., tr. to St. Madoes. 1688-1689—ALEX.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
For a classic exposition of the Lutheran and Calvinistic views of faith, see Möhler, Symbolik, § 16; English tr. by James Burton Robertson, 5th ed.,
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
Letters, tr. by Michaelis and Moore, page 72.
From Froebel's Gifts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
—Arabian, tr. by James Freeman Clarke, from the German of Tholuck.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
Some parishioners joined in Rebellion. 1742-1747—HENRY LUNDIE, tr. to Abercorn. 1749-1761—DONALD MUNRO, A.M., died 26th August. 1762-1785—ROBERT WALKER.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
A quick search on TikTok turns up reactions to plot points that occurred years ago, such as the death of T.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
“Broadly, a lot of what’s been said and implied about this project is wrong,” Ford spokesman T.R.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Seventy years ago, South Korea was in ruins, with “blasted and burned cities” and millions of Korean War victims, “homeless and jobless, living in squalor,” wrote T.R.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
"They're constantly trying to encroach on the usable rooftop," T.R.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
I ran all the way, my brown and white bird dog, T.R., bounding ahead.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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TR was conservative and progressive, internationalist and nationalist, conservationist and hunter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Although TR expansions constitute about 6 percent of our genome and substantially contribute to complex congenial conditions, scientific understanding of them remains limited.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2024
But Ford spokesman TR Reid confirmed Monday that plant construction has been paused and spending has been limited on it.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
TR I discovered style in general really late.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
A pair of gentleman's dress gloves, very dirty; and inside the lining, the letters TR, and a cross.
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
The other half of the prize was given tr.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only he does that thing where he pronounces tr like an f.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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Change this faulty type of wrong font. tr.
From Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
There is, at any rate, nothing analogous in the Grimms' treatment of the moon in their Teutonic Mythology, tr.
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
I have referred to the MS. and certainly the printer is exonerated, it is much more like a tr than a k.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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