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MLA

¹ American

Modern Language Association.

M.L.A. ² American

abbreviation

Master of Landscape Architecture.
Modern Language Association.

MLA British

abbreviation

Member of the Legislative Assembly (of Northern Ireland)
Modern Language Association (of America)

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At a news conference at Stormont on Monday, she said she was "hugely honoured and excited" to take up the role and become the first female unionist MLA for the constituency.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Middleton has been an MLA at Stormont since 2015 and was briefly a junior minister in the executive.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker was motivated to introduce it by some of his experiences of breakfast clubs and meal schemes in youth work.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Local Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew said there was "total shock and sadness that such a tragedy would be the news that we're waking up to this morning".

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The day after Christmas she left Pemberton Road, with the excuse to his mother and Sonia that a last-minute interview had fallen into place at the MLA.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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