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Synonyms

ADC

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. advanced developing countries.

  2. AIDS dementia complex.

  3. Aid to Dependent Children.

  4. Air Defense Command.

A.D.C. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. aide-de-camp.

ADC British  

abbreviation

  1. aide-de-camp

  2. analogue-digital converter

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With Nigeria facing significant security challenges, Kwankwaso's past experience as a defence minister provides the ADC with a rallying point ahead of the election.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

But ImmuNext hadn’t accumulated enough animal data or conducted sufficient toxicology work to demonstrate the full potential of this ADC, said Lifordi CEO Arthur Tzianabos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Then, those cancer cells ingest the ADC, where SG3249 is released and kills the cancer cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

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

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