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Barkov is recovering from surgery to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee after sustaining an injury at the start of training camp in mid-September. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025 Green Bay's offense was dealt a massive blow last week when star tight end Tucker Kraft went down with a torn ACL against the Panthers. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025 Roughly three weeks later, Irving tore the ACL in his left knee, which left the Mavericks without a reliable shot-creating guard. Christian Clark, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025 In the period after the deal, the Mavericks went 14-21, lost Anthony Davis – the main player Dallas received in return for Dončić – for weeks due to injury in his first game with the team, lost talisman Kyrie Irving to a season-ending ACL injury and watched a slew of other players go down hurt. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 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 19 Nov. 2025.

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