Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation American Bankers Association
- abbreviation American Bar Association
- abbreviation American Booksellers Association
- abbreviation American Basketball Association
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- initialism Amateur Boxing Association.
- initialism American Bar Association.
- initialism American Booksellers Association.
- initialism Applied behavior analysis.
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Examples
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If the ABA is an association for lawyers (e.g., cartel) - how come they promote more law schools with yield even more (unemployed) attorneys?
Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels 2010
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However, ABA is actively monitoring the situation and believes that commercial bank customers can safely utilize online banking by taking the precautions outlined in the alert.
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So when do the party hacks start arguing that the ABA is liberally biased, despite that the ABA gave the same ratings to Roberts and Alito?
Sotomayor rated 2009
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As far as the ABA is concerned, any lawyer who hasn't actually been disbarred is "well qualified."
Sotomayor rated 2009
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The first time I attended Book Expo was so long ago it was called ABA, the American Booksellers Association pause to shout out to my fellow curmudgeons who don't believe that mashing together a non-word like "Expo" with a perfectly good word like "Book" is an improvement on either one, nor that putting the mashup next to "America" can turn the latter into an adjective.
Peter Ginna: An Insider's Guide to the Characters of BookExpo America Peter Ginna 2011
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As we ALL know, the ABA is only looking out for the best interests of the American people.
Sotomayor rated 2009
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The first time I attended Book Expo was so long ago it was called ABA, the American Booksellers Association pause to shout out to my fellow curmudgeons who don't believe that mashing together a non-word like "Expo" with a perfectly good word like "Book" is an improvement on either one, nor that putting the mashup next to "America" can turn the latter into an adjective.
Peter Ginna: An Insider's Guide to the Characters of BookExpo America Peter Ginna 2011
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At last count, 141,719 students were enrolled in ABA-accredited schools.
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The ABA is among the groups scheduled to testify before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology.
Congress to Take Testimony on Internet Gambling Ban - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The ABA is among the groups scheduled to testify before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology.
Congress to Take Testimony on Internet Gambling Ban - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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