wi
abbreviation
wi
1 American
Or
w.i.
abbreviation
Stock Exchange.
WI
2
American
abbreviation
W.I.
3
American
abbreviation
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West Indian.
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West Indies.
WI
British
abbreviation
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West Indian
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West Indies
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Wisconsin
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(in Britain) Women's Institute
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Nigeria had troubled the higher-ranked teams throughout the tournament after opening with a 0-0 draw against Olympic champion Canada, the wi over Australia and the 0-0 draw against Ireland.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Derek Grant and Richard Rakell added empty-net goals in the final 63 seconds to help the Ducks wi for the second time in nine games.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
Hines cited the Jamaican proverb “Wi likkle but wi tallawah” to underline her ingrained steadfastness in this tumultuous time.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2020
I was a wi a whimpering dog inside. nothing more than that.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
All social behavior and actions are conducted in the order of seniority or ranking; as the saying goes, chanmul to wi alay ka ita, there is order even to drinking cold water.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Schreiber Foods Inc., a dairy company based in Green Bay, WI, has recalled 836,721 units of cream cheese products due to potential Salmonella contamination.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
We often meet up with three generations at the WI Spa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
She said Armstrong "just couldn't believe he'd actually been in a normal village hall with the Queen having a game of Pointless with the ladies of Sandringham WI".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2022
These people were asked to relocate to Madison, WI to work here.
From The Verge ● Dec. 3, 2021
WI thought, I’ve got to meet this guy.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
In May 1939, just a week before the artist’s ninth birthday, his grandfather, W.I.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
And Stone added a tiny imprint across the top of the page, “ENGRAVED by W.I. STONE, for the Dept. of State, by order of J.Q. ADAMS, Sect. of State, July 4th. 1823.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
And Stone added a tiny imprint across the top of the page,“ENGRAVED by W.I. STONE, for the Dept. of State, by order of J.Q. ADAMS, Sect. of State, July 4th. 1823.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2018
THE spy came in from the damp, striding briskly from his chauffeur-driven Rover 2000, whuppa-da-whupp through the revolving door into the Victorian lobby of Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, London W.I.
From Time Magazine Archive
I met with my old friend, Sir W.I., who was travelling to Berlin, with the idea of passing the winter there and of proceeding in the summer to Moscow.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
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