Meaning of IRB | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.
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2. Initialism of Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.
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3. Initialism of investment review board, a committee of business executives who review investment choices, comparing against strategy and opportunity costs.
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4. Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.
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5. Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.
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6. Initialism of inflatable rescue boat.
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Examples

“Ms Rybicki began filming just as a second IRB drove out to the rogue boat, collecting the first lifesaver into the boat en route.”

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