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
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 acquisition includes TUB-040, an ADC in Phase 1b/2 development for ovarian and lung cancer, and TUB-030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and ex-state governor Peter Obi, two of Tinubu's biggest rivals, have become the face of the ADC.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
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
Young Freeman, assigned as A.D.C. to Baron Brassey, Governor of Victoria, married his daughter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"I'll take the message myself, sir, if I may," suggested the A.D.C.
From Servants of the Guns by Jeffery E. Jeffery
I am glad to have allowed—though it is personally a loss to myself—my A.D.C.,
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke
He was afterwards A.D.C. to the Queen and ultimately Commander of the Forces in Ireland.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
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