Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Proto-Indo-European
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- proper noun Initialism of
Proto-Indo-European .
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Examples
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Nostratic, being at least twice as far back as PIE, is correspondingly vaguer — which makes my job much harder.
The blue haze of distance superversive 2006
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Global English too preserves many relics of Proto-Indo-European, often simply referred to as PIE, in words whose roots can be traced back to that early language.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Global English too preserves many relics of Proto-Indo-European, often simply referred to as PIE, in words whose roots can be traced back to that early language.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE is a superb young adult historical investigative tale starring a brilliant sleuth who apparently proves to be a chip off the old block; her late mom that is.
The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie-Alan Bradley « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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You may call PIE's two genders any names you wish, but most use the terms "animate" and "inanimate" as you can read here and elsewhere.
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As far back as the 19th century, there was something known as PIE -- primacy, immediacy, expectancy.
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But this has changed thanks to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), its Prison Industries Act, and a little-known federal program known as PIE (the Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program).
Crooks and Liars Susie Madrak 2011
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A few other teams have fan sections devoted to one player, but Haugen wanted the fan fervor to focus on the entire team, So he gathered a "dyed-in-the-wool" core of more than a dozen folks who fit his self-styled acronym PIE Person of Irrational Exuberance.
www.startribune.com 2012
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But this has changed thanks to the American Legislativ e Exchange Council (ALEC), its Prison Industries Act, and a little-kno wn federal program known as PIE (the Prison Industries Enhancemen t Certification Program).
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Also known as PIE (persistent identification element) and LSO's (local shared objects)
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