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  • NC
    NC
    abbreviation
    network computer.
  • n/c
    n/c
    no charge.
  • N.C.
    N.C.
    abbreviation
    no charge.
  • nc
    nc
    abbreviation
    New Caledonia

NC

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. network computer.

  2. no charge.

  3. North Carolina (approved especially for use with zip code).

  4. numerical control.

  5. Military. Nurse Corps.


n/c 2 American  
  1. no charge.


N.C. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. no charge.

  2. North Carolina.


NC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. North Carolina

  2. education National Curriculum

"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

nc 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. New Caledonia

"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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North Carolina’s AI Academy at NC State, built with more than 100 corporate partners, combines university credentialing with applied workplace training.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

It goes back to a deal StepStone made in November 2022 with the team of Charlotte, NC, money managers—a group known as CH Equity Partners—that run its “evergreen” funds for individual retail investors.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

An ongoing feud within the Beckham family finally exploded into the open in late January, fuelling debates about adult children going "NC" - no contact - with their parents.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

The paper was co-authored by Caizhi Zhou and Haitao Qing, both Ph.D. students at NC State; and by Yinding Chi, a former Ph.D. student at NC State who is now a postdoctoral researcher at Penn.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2025

I am beginning to suspect patient is holding back more than the name of the young man who, per security guard, walked NC home.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Michael Farris, a father in Charlotte, N.C., spent the last week of June searching for an official U.S. jersey for his son’s birthday, checking Nike’s website, Academy Sports and two Dick’s Sporting Goods locations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Homeowners in Raleigh, N.C., were the most likely to cut prices on their for-sale listings, followed by homeowners in Denver and Salt Lake City.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

And although good wine was hard to find this side of the Atlantic back in Thomas Jefferson’s day, N.C.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

“A lot of models work well when the market environment is fairly stable,” says David Allison, partner at Allison Investment Management in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

I live in nc and will be a guardian.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2017

Participation of the Elite The proliferation of these study groups can be interpreted as proof thai traditional political institutions are nc longer capable of handling unassisted the problems of U.S. society.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a = mb, c = md, then is na the same multiple of b that nc is of d, viz. na = nmb, nc = nmd.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

As is shown in figure 3D, the neurenteric canal, nc, still opens ventrally, though the medullary canal, mc, has now no dorsal opening to the exterior.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Begut nc ing andang tinuki ya ing ubingan.

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick

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