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  • initialism Alternative form of PI.

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Examples

  • The FBI will open up what they call a P.I., a preliminary inquiry.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2006 2006

  • The website that promoted Butler and Associates had been taken down Thursday, and a Los Angeles production company that filmed a pilot of a TV show titled "P.I. Moms of San Francisco" removed a trailer from its website.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle jberton@sfchronicle.com (Justin Berton 2011

  • Chuck calls his P.I. (speed dial #1), Nate throws around his grandfather's name, and Blair shouts down an officer.

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

  • Mom’s already called her P.I. He’s on his way to the inn.

    Moon Dance Mariah Stewart 1999

  • He continues with other Bulwark properties like THE REDRESSOR, BRASS BRADLEY, and THE GASLIGHT and finds new niches within their tales to not just duplicate his success with Fairgeth’s mystic P.I. but transcend it while crafting new shadowy worlds around every character. “His writing shares some similarities to earlier writers like Jack London and John Solo, though his longevity and his variety make him the stronger author.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • He continues with other Bulwark properties like THE REDRESSOR, BRASS BRADLEY, and THE GASLIGHT and finds new niches within their tales to not just duplicate his success with Fairgeth’s mystic P.I. but transcend it while crafting new shadowy worlds around every character. “His writing shares some similarities to earlier writers like Jack London and John Solo, though his longevity and his variety make him the stronger author.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Selleck sees a resemblance between the rebellious Massachusetts lawman and his best-known TV character, Thomas Magnum, the Hawaii-based private investigator from the long-running 1980s series Magnum P.I. "He's allowed to grow and change, like Magnum," Selleck says.

    Selleck's Jesse Stone resembles a certain TV icon 2010

  • He continues with other Bulwark properties like THE REDRESSOR, BRASS BRADLEY, and THE GASLIGHT and finds new niches within their tales to not just duplicate his success with Fairgeth’s mystic P.I. but transcend it while crafting new shadowy worlds around every character. “His writing shares some similarities to earlier writers like Jack London and John Solo, though his longevity and his variety make him the stronger author.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • If the P.I. fight was in some far-off court, as it frequently was, the attorneys often had to make do.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Tip for Lawyers 2010

  • He continues with other Bulwark properties like THE REDRESSOR, BRASS BRADLEY, and THE GASLIGHT and finds new niches within their tales to not just duplicate his success with Fairgeth’s mystic P.I. but transcend it while crafting new shadowy worlds around every character. “His writing shares some similarities to earlier writers like Jack London and John Solo, though his longevity and his variety make him the stronger author.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

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