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English
Proper noun
TSA
- (government, US) Initialism of Transportation Security Administration.
- Coordinate terms: CBP, CATSA, Frontex
2008 February 2, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:Your next story of a travel pitfall the TSA isn't warning you about comes from Adam Felber.
2025 July 8, Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores, “TSA will no longer require all passengers to take shoes off at airport security checkpoints”, in CNN:The requirement for passengers to take their shoes off at TSA security checkpoints came nearly five years later due to “intelligence pointing to a continuing threat,” an official TSA history notes, following a foiled August 2006 terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives onboard transatlantic flights. The TSA introduced its 3-1-1 liquids rule for carry-on luggage in response.
- (Hong Kong, education) Initialism of Territory-wide System Assessment.
- (microbiology) Initialism of trypticase soy agar.
Anagrams
- S.A.T., Sta., ats, ast, TAs, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., AST, sat, Ast, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, SAT, as't, TAS, T.A.s, Tas, -ast, TA's, STA
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English TSA (“Transportation Security Administration”).
Proper noun
TSA f
- Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte; TSA.
2025 April 30, Alexandra Skores, “La fecha límite para la REAL ID es en una semana. Esto es lo que la TSA quiere que sepas”, in CNN en Español:Si bien la fecha del 7 de mayo parece haber desatado una carrera loca por la documentación, “antes de la fecha límite, la TSA ha estado trabajando intensamente con los estados, las aerolíneas, los aeropuertos, el Congreso y la industria de viajes para alentar el cumplimiento entre los viajeros”, dijo a CNN un portavoz de la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)