epa
/ˌipˌiˈeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.90 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "First the U.S. had to “show leadership” by promising to cut emissions, many self-styled climate hawks had argued during the debates over cap and trade and the president’s E.P.A. regulations, because then and only then the world’s developing economies would be pressured/shamed/persuaded into following along."
- "Both the EPA and the HDOH received and submitted comments on the report without any mention of a need for permitting discharges from the wells."
- "The EPA collects emissions data from more than 20,000 industrial facilities across the country and has even developed its own state-of-the-art tool — the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators model — to estimate the impact of toxic emissions on human health."
- "I’ve noticed that the chief distinguishing factor between American pale ales and their English counterparts is the hop taste — APAs all seem to finish with a metallic, grapefruit, or pine bitterness (it differs depending on who you talk to), while EPAs mostly seem to finish with a leafy, earthy hop profile that’s less explicitly bitter."
- "Beers brewed: CB's branded beers include Caged Alpha Monkey, Canandaigua Lake Pale Ale, EPA (English Pale Ale), Double Dark Cream Porter, and many seasonals and oneoff beers."
- "We had a bonus taster of an EPA, or English Pale Ale (IPA is Indian Pale Ale), which went by the name Rhythm Stick, and according my notes was delicious, and full of peachy aromas."
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable