ABC's

Or ABCs

[ey-bee-seez]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. Also ABC the alphabet.

2. the basic skills of spelling, reading, and writing.

   learning the ABC's in the early grades of school.

3. Also ABC the basic or elementary facts, principles, etc., of a subject.

   the ABC's of electricity.

Example Sentences

For the 2024-25 season, ABC’s “World News Tonight,” NBC’s “Nightly News” and CBS’s “Evening News” averaged about 17.8 million nightly viewers combined, according to Nielsen.

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During the uproar over ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” a few of these comics came out in defense of the right to tell jokes, but not as loudly as they talked up the First Amendment when they were criticized for their racist and transphobic material.

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After writers protested ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for days, the network brought the late-night show back on air.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group is ending its preemption of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

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The question of whether the statue will be allowed to be replaced comes in the midst of a fierce debate about free speech in America that was kicked off by ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after the comedian weighed in on the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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