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CCD

American  

abbreviation

  1. Electronics. charge-coupled device.

  2. colony collapse disorder.

  3. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.


CCD British  

abbreviation

  1. charge-coupled device

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Those who keep and study bees, as Jesse Plemons’s character does in the chilling sci-fi black comedy “Bugonia,” have paid a lot of attention to a phenomenon called colony collapse disorder, or CCD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The software - known variously as Judicial Case Manager, MyHMCTS or CCD - is used to manage evidence and track cases before the courts.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Meanwhile, in CCD class, we were told that God so loved us that he sent his only son to earth to suffer for our sins.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

For her son Jaiden, CCD has had an even more serious effect.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

The CCD in their search would be hearing the same rumors: the problem was not to judge their truthfulness, but to assess the likely reaction of the other side.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman