Tennessee Valley Authority

noun

1. TVA.

Tennessee Valley Authority

1. A corporation created by the federal government in the Great Depression to promote the economic development of the Tennessee River and adjoining areas. The TVA, known as a builder of dams, is responsible for flood control, the generation of electric power, soil conservation, and other areas of economic development. The TVA was part of the New Deal .

Example Sentences

In fact, some iFans have been touting the iPhone as a form of stimulus on the scale of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

From The Daily Beast

If there were more agencies like the Tennessee Valley Authority, more trees of the better sort would be developed.

From Project Gutenberg

At first much was said back and forth about the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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