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- noun Plural form of
ABC . - noun plurale tantum
Letters ,writing , especially as a skill. - proper noun The
alphabet , especially the English alphabet.
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Examples
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The research indicates that only 30 percent of our longevity is genetic and that means the rest of it is lifestyle and mental, primarily what I call our ABCs, our attitudes, beliefs and coping skills.
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Yet time and time again ABCs in this size range are invariably discribed as black and panther-like.
The Cupar roe deer carcass Darren Naish 2006
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And then you -- it's systemized, you know, so literally it follows the acronym ABCs, Wolf -- airway, breathing and circulation -- so that everyone knows what everyone else is doing at the same time.
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Monday, September 08, 2003 someone who writes a book about ABCs is an abecedarian
Archive 2003-09-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Monday, September 08, 2003 someone who writes a book about ABCs is an abecedarian
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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We're looking in our active bacterial core surveillance, what we call our ABCs site, and it's in those sites that we have seen this increase in what's called invasive pneumococcal disease. "
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I start my talks on this subject by emphasizing that I do not ‘believe’ in ABCs (meaning that I do not accept their reality without question, as this is what is meant by the term ‘believe’ – see Arment (2004) for more on that if you’re interested).
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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If this seems like a bold assertion to make, I should point out that the evidence for the existence of so-called alien big cats, or ABCs, is compelling and if you want to know how I’ve arrived at this conclusion you should start by reading a former blog post: British big cats: how good, or bad, is the evidence?
The Cupar roe deer carcass Darren Naish 2006
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If this seems like a bold assertion to make, I should point out that the evidence for the existence of so-called alien big cats, or ABCs, is compelling and if you want to know how I’ve arrived at this conclusion you should start by reading a former blog post: British big cats: how good, or bad, is the evidence?
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Instead, the training focuses on three components known as the ABCs: the Antecedent, or the environment and events that set the stage for a tantrum or other undesirable action.
Tantrum Tamer: New Ways Parents Can Stop Bad Behavior Shirley S. Wang 2011
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