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UGC

American  

abbreviation

  1. user-generated content.


UGC British  

abbreviation

  1. University Grants Committee

"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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"They used UGC on TikTok because the youngsters use TikTok. It's getting votes and canvassers organically and you don't use a lot of resources," Thaksin said during a two-hour political discussion streamed online.

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

Astronomers believe that AGNs are caused by supermassive black holes, but when they looked closer and closer at the center of UGC 4211, they found not one black hole, but two.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

Let’s say we post on Instagram about UGC, user-generated content.

From The Verge • Aug. 16, 2022

Art museums realised that programming exhibitions with built-in selfie opportunities increased “user-generated content”, or UGC, which, in turn, led to free, “organic” promotion.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020

It was a moment which would demonstrate just how important and integral UGC had become to a breaking news story.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2014

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