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AFC

American  
  1. American Football Conference.

  2. American Foxhound Club.

  3. Association Football Club.

  4. automatic flight control.

  5. automatic frequency control.


AFC British  

abbreviation

  1. Air Force Cross

  2. Association Football Club

  3. automatic flight control

  4. automatic frequency control

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Joe Thompson died of Hodgkin's lymphoma in April last year after his third cancer diagnosis in a decade, having twice recovered during a playing career that included three spells at Rochdale AFC.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Apollo Sports Capital also has sports investments in Spanish football club Atlético Madrid and Welsh football club Wrexham AFC, the latter owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

But having that in the AFC West, with Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, Denver’s Bo Nix and No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza heading to Las Vegas, turning up the heat on quarterbacks is especially important.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Kenyan President William Ruto, speaking at the AFC summit, said the war showed the need for Africa to stop relying on outsiders.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The opposing team was the AFC Lightning from Fayetteville, Georgia, a mostly white middle-class suburb south of Atlanta.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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