ADC
abbreviation
advanced developing countries.
ADC
1 Americanabbreviation
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advanced developing countries.
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AIDS dementia complex.
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Aid to Dependent Children.
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Air Defense Command.
A.D.C.
2
American
abbreviation
ADC
British
abbreviation
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aide-de-camp
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analogue-digital converter
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Tubulis’ lead asset, TUB-040, is an ADC in Phase 1b/2 development for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The Foster City, Calif., company said the deal also includes TUB-030, an ADC that has shown promising initial clinical data across various solid tumor types.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Gilead said TUB-040, Tubulis’ lead asset, is an ADC in Phase 1b/2 development for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The announcement of the ADC is the culmination of a series of talks between the leaders to put up a united front in the 2027 election, rather than splitting their vote.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
He arrived in the evenings, in his green uniform, holding a gossip magazine or two, while his ADC, at an obsequious pace behind him, brought his briefcase and put it on the dining table.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Near Princess Elizabeth, doing his best to answer her questions, was King George's cousin and personal naval A.D.C.,
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Freeman, assigned as A.D.C. to Baron Brassey, Governor of Victoria, married his daughter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President, not knowing what to do with the flowers, looked around for an officer to take them to his car, but General Joffre, anticipating the desire, called up his A.D.C. who took them away.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Geoffrey H. Malins
He bowed as to a queen, while the young A.D.C., whose enchantress she was at the moment, notwithstanding the fact that she was almost old enough to be his mother, glared ferociously.
From A Humble Enterprise by Ada Cambridge
Is there any chance of my getting the post of A.D.C. to a Welsh brigadier?
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones
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