tnr
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of trap–neuter–return: a program designed to neuter and release feral cats (and, more rarely, dogs).
Uncountable
name
Initialism of The New Republic.
Example Sentences
- "Proponents argue that TNR prevents rampant breeding, and is more humane than euthanasia. But TNR, according to Tucker as well as Marra and Santella, is not especially effective at accomplishing its primary stated goal of keeping cat populations in check."
- "What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes purchased it in 2012. There, too, there was a similar trajectory of first wanting to support and cultivate a historic media jewel, followed by getting cranky and fidgety, deciding he didn’t like losing money, bringing in billionaire-speaking tech consultants and executives, having everyone quit and continuing for a couple years of clown show inferno before Hughes sold TNR to someone else."