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Duncanville played without its superstar all season after four-star guard Samari Holmen tore her ACL this summer. Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026 For McCoy, the Combine is primarily about proving his health and recovering his pre-injury athleticism after a torn ACL sidelined him for the entire 2025 season. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 Really, since Jamaal Charles’ ACL tear in 2015, the Chiefs have largely pieced the position together with value finds. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026 Melton missed much of the second half of the 2023-24 season with a back injury, and then all but six games of the 2024-25 campaign with an ACL tear. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026 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 2 Mar. 2026.

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