U.K.
abbreviation
United Kingdom.
U.K.
Americanabbreviation
UK
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British
abbreviation
uk
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British
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Example Sentences
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According to one retired operator, the heyday of the donkeys was the 1960s and '70s, before cheap foreign holidays to Mediterranean coasts slashed the numbers of summer holidaymakers to UK resorts.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
About 100 million people are on them worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and with the University College London estimating that number to be 1.6 million in the UK alone.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Right now, the UK, along with France, is trying to build an international coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz again, with about 40 other countries.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
It looks like they might be part of a wider phenomenon of overseas fakers targeting UK audiences with disruptive content.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
That is why, when you look at judicial rhetoric in the UK and US, the standard stipulation is that “proof” means not certainty, but the ability to demonstrate a set of propositions “beyond reasonable doubt.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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