VA
abbreviation
VA
1 Americanabbreviation
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Virginia (approved especially for use with zip code).
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Electricity. volt-ampere; volt-amperes. Also va
Va.
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American
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v.a.
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American
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verb active.
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verbal adjective.
V.A.
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American
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Vicar Apostolic.
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Vice-Admiral.
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(Order of ) Victoria and Albert.
VA
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British
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(in the US) Veterans' Administration
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Vicar Apostolic
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Vice Admiral
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(Order of) Victoria and Albert
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Virginia
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volt-ampere
Va.
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British
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v.a.
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British
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va
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British
abbreviation
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However, because Johnson is incarcerated, the VA only pays his disability compensation at a 10 percent rate under a federal law governing benefits for incarcerated veterans.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
In response, Congress established the current system, routing most disputes through the VA and its specialized appellate courts.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
While Duncan is a homeowner, he said he was only able to afford it with a 0%-down VA home loan as an Iraq war veteran.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Don’t miss: I’m a single 58-year-old veteran in California with $1.5 million and a VA pension.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
He sought help at the VA and used therapy to cope with the depression and rage he was feeling.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Lucas, who is from Portsmouth, Va., has served in the upper house of Virginia’s general assembly for more than 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Suzy Minken, 70, relocated to Fairfax, Va., from New Jersey in November 2024 to be there in time for the arrival of her granddaughter, who was born in January 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Natalie Nguyen, a former Aritzia style adviser, said young girls would come into the store where she worked in Tysons, Va., and ask her what she was wearing and how they could get the look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He was born on Sept. 11, 1921 to Lebanese immigrant parents and raised in Beckley, W. Va., a coal town where his father worked as a storekeeper and miner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Silvery-silky, with long close-pressed hairs; stem slender, often with runners from the base, naked above, bearing few heads; leaves lanceolate or linear, elongated, grass-like, nerved, shining, entire.—Dry sandy soil, Del. to Va., and southward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Hindustani, seek’hna, v.a., to learn, to acquire; seek’h, s.f., admonition.”
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Charles Godfrey Leland
He bethink’d I but everything Betwattled v.n. to be in a distressed state of mind, also v.a.
From A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire by Wadham Pigott Williams
Members of the National Guard were stationed outside the federal detention center and downtown Los Angeles V.A. clinic at Alameda and Temple streets, and police cars blocked roads around the federal buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Frustrated that the V.A. would not recognize what seemed obvious to him, he started a Facebook group, hoping to find other mortar soldiers with the same symptoms.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
But veterans must seek surgeries outside of V.A. hospitals, where they have to rely on private health insurance coverage or pay the costs out of pocket.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Takano, the ranking member on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said a determination of mental incompetency by the V.A. is typically based on “very serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia and dementia”
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024
The prize-giving this term afforded little comfort to Gordon; he was easily bottom of V.A.
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
Thierry Henry was equal parts elegant and clinical, effortlessly eating up turf, striding through defences like a sixth-former schooling year sevens, scoring worldies and va va vindicating his spot here.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Los Shinigamis del Norte posted a music video honoring Toriyama, captioning it “Esta va por mi infancia” accompanied by a cheers emoji.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Well-known songs including "Yo no te pido," "Los años mozos," "Cuba va," and "Yolanda," among others, quickly gained fans and traveled the world.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022
Take an example from 1582 – "L'eau va viste," a poem by Antoine de Chandieu that was set to music by Paschal de L'Estocart.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2022
“To Werrer va Brah!” we bellowed, while O’Dell and I sat down hard.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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