ABC's
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Also ABC the alphabet.
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the basic skills of spelling, reading, and writing.
learning the ABC's in the early grades of school.
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Also ABC the basic or elementary facts, principles, etc., of a subject.
the ABC's of electricity.
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Ratings are also up for ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir,” which is drawing 8.4 million viewers per telecast this season, outpacing NBC, Fox News and CBS.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
“Dean and I started taking the Baby Making Bundle from Perelel so we can get ahead together,” reads a sponsored post from Caelynn Bell, an influencer and a former contestant on ABC’s “The Bachelor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Paul, famous for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” was set to lead Season 22 of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Large gatherings are expected at the ABC's main offices in offices in Sydney and Melbourne, with participants to wear black.
From BBC • Mar. 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
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