Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation tissue plasminogen activator

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  • initialism business Tonnes per annum.

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Examples

  • How in the wake of the September 2008 report, pendulum has swung in the opposite direction, and now the TPA is accusing the SIU of being too aggressive.

    Toronto Police Accuses SIU of Playing Politics : Law is Cool 2009

  • How in the wake of the September 2008 report, pendulum has swung in the opposite direction, and now the TPA is accusing the SIU of being too aggressive.

    2009 October : Law is Cool 2009

  • Whatever the rights or wrongs of the way that Assembly Members rent offices one has to remember that in commenting on the story the TPA is doing so from a political position of being ideologically opposed to the existence of the Assembly.

    Wolves in sheep's clothing 2009

  • Whatever the rights or wrongs of the way that Assembly Members rent offices one has to remember that in commenting on the story the TPA is doing so from a political position of being ideologically opposed to the existence of the Assembly.

    Wolves in sheep's clothing 2009

  • Whatever the rights or wrongs of the way that Assembly Members rent offices one has to remember that in commenting on the story the TPA is doing so from a political position of being ideologically opposed to the existence of the Assembly.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • The Orlando airport isn’t too godawful far from the theme-parks and TPA is on the far west edge of Tampa, right next to the bay bridges that lead you beachward.

    Matthew Yglesias » Where to Build HSR 2010

  • The major problem I have with the TPA is their name.

    Why are the Taxpayers' Alliance quoted so often? Mark Reckons 2009

  • He said the TPA is his number on priority for the USTA and perhaps in his career.

    Mike Smith: Time for the U.S. to Promote Travel 2009

  • The drug, known as TPA, for tissue plasminogen activator, helps the body chew up the clot and restore blood flow.

    Clot-Busting Drug Should Be Used 2008

  • COHEN: Right, what they need is they need a drug called TPA, it's sometimes called the clot-busting drug.

    CNN Transcript May 17, 2008 2008

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