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- noun The
ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code forTokelau . - noun metrology Symbol for the
terakelvin , anSI unit ofthermodynamic temperature equal to 1012kelvins .
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Examples
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But Muis, &c. refer the word TK to the times of Chrifl.
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I also heard but didn't get a photo of a goof in last week's Food section, where "TK" -- newspaper speak for content to come -- appeared in print.
Franklin Avenue 2009
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Amakon - also known as "TK" - and McDonald had an ongoing dispute, police said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Brendan Kennedy 2010
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While discussing with FanWars leader Nicolas Lelong aka TK-9999, I spoke of my idea of a Darth Vader – shaped hot air balloon.
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Title TK, a band led by the artist Cory Arcangel and rounded out by the curator Howie Chen and the guitarist and writer Alan Licht, sits down with Danny Goldberg, a record-industry legend who, among other things, was vice-president of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records and the manager of the Allman Brothers, Sonic Youth, and the Beastie Boys, to discuss the music of the last fifty years.
The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011
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Title TK, a band led by the artist Cory Arcangel and rounded out by the curator Howie Chen and the guitarist and writer Alan Licht, sits down with Danny Goldberg, a record-industry legend who, among other things, was vice-president of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records and the manager of the Allman Brothers, Sonic Youth, and the Beastie Boys, to discuss the music of the last fifty years.
The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011
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Title TK, a band led by the artist Cory Arcangel and rounded out by the curator Howie Chen and the guitarist and writer Alan Licht, sits down with Danny Goldberg, a record-industry legend who, among other things, was vice-president of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records and the manager of the Allman Brothers, Sonic Youth, and the Beastie Boys, to discuss the music of the last fifty years.
The New Yorker NewYorker.com 2011
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The victim, identified by the nickname Biggie, was boarding a bus at the southwest corner of Stevenson and Rossland Rds. when the other student, identified as TK, called him out, witnesses said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Jeff Mitchell 2010
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In the other, my paragraph - which states how many people communism killed and also that its an economic doctrine - and your accusation of trolling is merely you being a troll - for even TK said we should say what communism actually is in the intro - unless your calling TK a troll too.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] OBoak 2010
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Unlike the forceps method, which immediately removes the foreskin, the TK is a plastic clamp that is attached to a man's penis and it falls off with his foreskin after about a week.
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Simply put, TK is publishing and journalism lingo for “to come.” Benjamin Dreyer, copy chief of Random House and author of the delightful grammar book Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, explains that TK is “inserted into text, most often by the author, to call attention to something that isn’t yet included at either the manuscript or page proofs stage that needs to be included before a book goes to print.”
In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me Sophie Vershbow 2022
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