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McCoy earned first-team All-SEC recognition last season with four interceptions for the Vols after transferring from Oregon State before tearing his ACL during an offseason training session in January. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025 In the wake of a career-pausing ACL tear, the USC Trojans star guard is tackling rehab with her signature intensity. Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025 Houston is third in the Western Conference despite the absences of Tari Eason, who is expected to miss at least two more weeks with a right oblique strain, and Fred VanVleet, who could be sidelined all season with a torn ACL. Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025 Williams is more than a year removed from a torn right ACL along with tearing the meniscus in his right knee. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ACL

Word History

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 10 Dec. 2025.

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