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With VanVleet, who tore his ACL this autumn, done for the season, the Rockets are experimenting. Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Over the last few years, Press has struggled with injuries after an ACL tear in 2022 left her sidelined for the Los Angeles club for two years. Matt Marshall, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 The then-right guard tore his ACL sprinting downfield in the team’s season-finale against the New Orleans Saints. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025 Diggs has just been significantly ahead of where anyone would have expected less than a year removed from surgery to repair a torn ACL. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ACL

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ACL was in 1981

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“ACL.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ACL. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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