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IRC

American  
  1. Internal Revenue Code.


IRC British  

abbreviation

  1. International Red Cross

  2. International Red Crescent

"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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The IRC suspended its operations in the village in the spring.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

IRC country director for Sudan Eatizaz Yousif said the civil war - now in its thrid year - "is fuelling the resurgence of cholera".

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 may also reject and redraw any map that the IRC submits if it somehow gets its act together.

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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