triple-A

noun

tri·​ple-A ˈtri-pəl-ˈā How to pronounce triple-A (audio)
variants or less commonly triple-A battery

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On Friday, May 16th, Moody’s Ratings downgraded the credit rating of the U.S. government, a move that left the country without a triple-A rating at a major agency for the first time in more than a century. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 Investors are bracing for a triple threat of an inflationary trade war, President Trump’s tax cut plan swelling the federal deficit, and fallout from Moody’s cutting America’s triple-A credit rating. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 May 2025 Moody’s was the last of the three major credit rating agencies to downgrade the U.S. from a triple-A rating. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 May 2025 What’s behind the downgrade Moody’s decision on Friday to strip the U.S. of its last remaining triple-A credit rating marks the end of an era —symbolically, anyway. Catherine Baab, Quartz, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for triple-A

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of triple-A was in 1963

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“Triple-A.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple-A. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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