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N.E.A.

American  
Or NEA

abbreviation

  1. National Education Association.

  2. National Endowment for the Arts.


Example Sentences

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Bush two years later when N.E.A. funding became an issue in Mr. Bush’s re-election campaign.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024

Ms. Pringle quietly ascended via Zoom in September 2020 to her three-year term as president of the N.E.A.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2021

Cindy got an N.E.A. grant, two or three thousand dollars, and with that fortune they moved here in 1977, and then Robert came in — this is typical Robert.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

The fund was aligned with Bang on a Can’s larger mission to support experimental musicians, who may not have been selected for N.E.A. grants in the past.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2021

The Terminology Committee was appointed by the Department of Music of the N.E.A. in 1906 and made its first report at Los Angeles in 1907.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson