ABC
noun
ABC
1 American
[ey-bee-see]
/ ˈeɪˌbiˈsi /
noun
ABC's,
plural
ABCs
plural
ABC
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American
abbreviation
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Trademark. American Broadcasting Companies: a television and radio network.
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atomic, biological, and chemical.
ABC warfare.
A.B.C.
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American
abbreviation
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Advance Booking Charter.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control.
ABC
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British
abbreviation
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(formerly, of weapons or warfare) atomic, biological, and chemical
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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American Broadcasting Company
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Australian-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in Australia
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American-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in the US
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acceptable behaviour contract: a voluntary written agreement between someone who has been involved in anti-social behaviour and a local agency such as a housing association, council, or police
ABC
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British
noun
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(plural in US) the rudiments of a subject
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an alphabetical guide to a subject
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(often plural in US) the alphabet
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Yet the most fascinating story of the night was not happening at ABC, NBC or CNN, nor was it found in the familiar chest-thumping of administration cabinet members.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce was being interviewed on national broadcaster ABC on Monday night when he interrupted the one-on-one to shriek "sit down!"
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Meehan recalls the biggest hurdle to launching the segments at ABC was the language explaining the arrangement to viewers — making it clear that the network stands to benefit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
"I said I didn't want the title for 10 or 12 years," he told ABC in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
This isn’t all that unusual, because as with all the Sunday- morning shows, the major networks—CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and Fox—always send crews to one another’s studios to grab exit interviews with the guests.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Sunday had been “very, very slow,” according to a server at A.B.C. who declined to give her name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
The same year that T.P.S. became law, federal officials reached out to Van Der Hout through an intermediary, he says, to see if they could settle A.B.C. v.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
When he wrote a book called The A.B.C. of Golf, Armour had no difficulty with the letter Y. The Yips drove him out of tournament golf.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020
Among them: “Double Indemnity,” “Strangers on a Train,” “The A.B.C. Murders” and “The Secret History.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
A.B.C. is the circle, whiche I haue deuided into fiue equal portions.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
As they twist in the legislative winds, they glimpse him mainly on his TV and podcast book tour— “Real Time With Bill Maher,” “CBS News Sunday Morning,” Fox News, even ABC’s “The View.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
On Thursday, the “Last Week Tonight” host kicks off a guest-star arc on ABC’s long-running daytime soap “General Hospital,” which continues through Friday and then Monday, July 6.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Johnson shared the diagnosis during an interview with Michael Strahan that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The first appearance by Vice President JD Vance on ABC’s “The View” delivered the most-watched edition of the talk show since November 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Brougham was a slight man, whom many years later ABC’s Keith Jackson would call “a jolly little elf.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
She can perform an emotion out of ABCs, you know?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking Sunday on ABCs “This Week,” downplayed the prospect of rebate checks, suggesting Americans could see tax savings instead.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2025
Under her firm hand, my classmates and I marched through our ABCs in unison, voicing each letter like an orchestra tuning for a show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Last year, “The ABCs of Book Banning” presented surface-level facts that did little to move the needle on the important topic of books that are being prohibited in school libraries.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025
And maybe even better, since she had a way with writing her ABCs and I couldn’t care less about swoops and curlicues back then.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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