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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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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Letters, tr. by Michaelis and Moore, page 72.
From Froebel's Gifts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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 Macdougall, W. B.
MELROSS. 1576-1578—ANDREW YOUNG. 1586-1592—JAMES BURDOUN, tr. to Strageyth. 1593-1603-7—WM.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
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 Macdougall, W. B.
Son of previous minister. 1655-1660—JAMES GRAHAME. 1660-1663—MUNGO WEMYSS, A.M., tr. to Aberdalgie. 1664-1679—WILLIAM SPENCE, A.M., deposed by Bishop and Synod for "disowning the present Government."
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
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
Demand for electric vehicles is “not growing at the rate that we originally expected,” said the Ford spokesman, T.R.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
“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. recognized Loomis right off and started crawling in, belly scraping the crossties.
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
“Once we kind of said, ‘Let’s stop trying to make this a TR and Cole duet’ and tapped into this karaoke moment, it did open up this idea,” Frasure said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022
"I know the HGT stands for height and TR for trunk, but what are the other abbreviations?"
From Penny Nichols Finds a Clue by Clark, Joan
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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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 Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
I have relieved the most distressing symptoms of neuralgia of the womb, in a few minutes, by injecting warm water containing twenty to forty drops of tr.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)
A useful summary of these two chapters is given by Father Joseph Maréchal in his Studies in the Psychology of the Mystics, tr.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
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