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  • abbreviation Proto-Indo-European

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  • proper noun Initialism of Proto-Indo-European.

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Examples

  • Nostratic, being at least twice as far back as PIE, is correspondingly vaguer — which makes my job much harder.

    The blue haze of distance superversive 2006

  • Global English too preserves many relics of Proto-Indo-European, often simply referred to as PIE, in words whose roots can be traced back to that early language.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Global English too preserves many relics of Proto-Indo-European, often simply referred to as PIE, in words whose roots can be traced back to that early language.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE is a superb young adult historical investigative tale starring a brilliant sleuth who apparently proves to be a chip off the old block; her late mom that is.

    The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie-Alan Bradley « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • You may call PIE's two genders any names you wish, but most use the terms "animate" and "inanimate" as you can read here and elsewhere.

    The early Indo-European case system and definiteness 2008

  • As far back as the 19th century, there was something known as PIE -- primacy, immediacy, expectancy.

    War Stories: Is R&R Wrongheaded and Reckless? 2007

  • But this has changed thanks to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), its Prison Industries Act, and a little-known federal program known as PIE (the Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program).

    Crooks and Liars Susie Madrak 2011

  • A few other teams have fan sections devoted to one player, but Haugen wanted the fan fervor to focus on the entire team, So he gathered a "dyed-in-the-wool" core of more than a dozen folks who fit his self-styled acronym PIE Person of Irrational Exuberance.

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • But this has changed thanks to the American Legislativ ­e Exchange Council (ALEC), its Prison Industries Act, and a little-kno ­wn federal program known as PIE (the Prison Industries Enhancemen ­t Certificat­ion Program).

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Also known as PIE (persistent identification element) and LSO's (local shared objects)

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

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