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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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The NC State researchers wanted to investigate whether a laser could offer a simpler solution by creating an antenna directly in the surrounding air.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

All NC State’s quarterback had to do to secure a victory over Vanderbilt was fall over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

“That’s amazing, Luce. Maybe you could go to NC State. That’s where I would have gone if I was smart like you.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Pelland, a 74-year-old real-estate agent, and her husband relocated from Syracuse, N.Y., to Raleigh, N.C., in 2016 to be near their son and grandchildren, who were then 4 and 6 years old.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The city added 24,000 households in 2025, helping it edge out Nashville, Tenn.; Houston; Dallas; and Charlotte, N.C., for the top spot, according to NewHomeSource and Zonda’s 2026 Baby Chaser Index.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I was idling through a no-wake zone near Holden Beach, N.C., on my way to the fueling dock when some joker in a sportfishing boat yelled out, “Hey, man, what’d ya pay for that thing?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

My son thinks I should sell the house and rent a place near him in Charlotte, N.C., but I’ve lived in this town for 40 years, and my wife is buried here.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mr. Nye has resided, for some time past, near Asheville, N.C.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

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

Begut nc ing andang tinuki ya ing ubingan.

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Frederick Starr

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 C. M. Reese

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