as in principles
usually ABC's or ABCs plural
general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based
a book on the ABCs of computer usage
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The font used for the names and numbers of players is inspired by runic writing — characters in several Germanic alphabets used in northern Europe from ancient times until the adoption of the Latin alphabet.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026 -
All of the sculptures are fashioned from connected letters, pulled from the various alphabets used in writing across the world’s cultures.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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The 747-800 was selected as the basis of the VC-25B, the new primary plane to serve as Air Force One in 2015, during the Barack Obama administration, as the old planes were expected to exceed their service lifetime in 2017.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
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The Guardians loaded the bases with two outs in the inning but Burke induced Brayan Rocchio to pop out.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
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The group recruited Dreesen and Reid, a Black marketing representative who had recently moved to Chicago from Virginia, to speak about a drug-education program geared toward grammar-school students.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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Many people still expect scam messages to have bad grammar, strange wording or obvious red flags.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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The consequence of all these elements of deconstruction and lightness is that there is no space to cut corners or hide imperfections.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
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“ABC.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ABC. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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