IRC
Americanabbreviation
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International Red Cross
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International Red Crescent
Example Sentences
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When Duop’s 1-year-old baby, Nyagoa, fell ill with cholera in July, on a day IRC would have visited, there was no one to help her.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
In a statement, the IRC emphasised that cholera vaccine coverage was "low" and "essential supplies dwindling".
From BBC • May 27, 2025
“For small and mid-sized restaurants, the costs and constraints imposed by third-party apps are unsustainable,” the IRC said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
It began when residents voted for a constitutional amendment in 2014 that gave primary responsibility over the process to an Independent Redistricting Commission, or IRC.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023
They tell their stories to one another almost continuously, via twenty-four-hour, seven-day-a-week messaging systems much more advanced than the IRC in the Statesman’s story.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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