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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History of my time: Memoirs, ed. by the Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier, tr. by C. E. Roche.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
CHEISHOLME, tr. to Comrie. 1590-1607—JOHN DAVIDSON, A.M., died 7th April.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
Gathered again a fair congregation. 1824-1825—ROBERT ALLAN, A.M., tr. to Little Dunkeld. 1831-1832—WILLIAM ROBERTSON, tr. to Logie.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
TURCAN, A.M., died 18th April. 1721-1730—WILLIAM SIMSON, tr. to Dunblane. 1732-1767—ALEX.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
Seceded in 1843, but came back. 1846-1852—DUNCAN CAMPBELL, tr. to Luss.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
“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
Outdoorsman T.R. had, of course, preferred real horses for his core work.
From Salon ● May 7, 2022
T.R. hatches a plan to blast gigatons of sulfur into the stratosphere, countering the heat-trapping gases and cooling the planet.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021
“Of course queer actors can play straight, straight actors can play queer,” adds T.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Following behind me, T.R. crouched low and took a few careful steps onto the trestle.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Often called the first modern president, TR expanded the office’s power and influence, wielding his clout to conserve public land, regulate corporations and bolster America’s status as a world power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 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
The agency, TR Entertainment, did not respond to an emailed request for comment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 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
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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The primitive Indo-European p-tr, Skeat takes to be formed, with the agent-suffix tr, from the radical pâ, "to protect, to guard,"—the father having been originally looked upon as the "protector," or "guarder."
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain
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
A few of Dr. Winckler’s renderings are quoted in the Index, and marked—Winckler’s tr.
From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
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