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Ira

1 American  
[ahy-ruh] / ˈaɪ rə /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”

IRA 2 American  
Or I.R.A.

  1. individual retirement account.

  2. Irish Republican Army.

IRA British  

abbreviation

  1. Irish Republican Army

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Ira Rootman had three hits and freshman Louis Lappe contributed two hits and three RBIs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Qatari contracts are usually more rigid, said Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Such disruptions can no longer be easily dismissed as one-off issues, says Ira Joseph, a researcher at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Among the first people she met at the Dahlgren office was one of the other three Black employees: Ira West, a Korean War veteran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Ira had ruined herself at the hands of the throngs that the tannery attracted.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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