Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Strategic Air Command

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  • initialism military Acronym of senior aircraftman.
  • initialism US (military) Acronym of Strategic Air Command.
  • initialism Acronym of saeclum ante Christum ("era before Christ").

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Examples

  • Not a remake of Ghost In The Shell, rather SAC is a re-imaging.

    The Top 10 Science Fiction Anime 2007

  • SAC is the company which has bred these super-intelligent apes.

    2010 April 07 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • They are expensive to maintain, and don't forget, SAC is gone.

    Obama hosts two-day summit on nuclear security 2010

  • In The Serpent's Kiss one of the FBI agents, Jill Church, notes that after the terror attack in Detroit, the SAC is wearing combat boots with a suit, which she notes always seemed to be the uniform of choice for politicians when they visited Iraq.

    I'm strapping on my high-heeled sneakers 2008

  • Currently thinking the plot will be at a parallel to the original movie, SAC is too big to copy, the manga too extreme leaving only the movie by Oshii.

    Spielberg Adapting Ghost in the Shell into Live-Action 3D! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Third, and also unlike the movies (which, for the record I like, but not to the extent others do), GitS: SAC is an engaging and accessible police drama, with heavy doses of character development, action and conspiracies.

    Review: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gig 1 2005

  • I want to drill down on the Minneapolis example, because you indicated that you called the SAC and you said, "Why didn't you pick up the phone and call me?"

    CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2004 2004

  • Under questioning by prosecutors, Mr. Freeman said he had traded based on inside information both while at SAC, which is run by hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen and has about $14 billion under management, and at Boston-based Sonar Capital Management, where he worked until early 2008.

    First Expert-Network Trial Begins Michael Rothfeld 2011

  • Last month, Sen. Grassley asked the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which is the largest independent regulator policing financial firms in the U.S., for details of any "suspicious trading" by SAC, which is run by star hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen .

    Senator Probes Trades at SAC Jenny Strasburg 2011

  • NATO has a new program called SAC, for Strategic Airlift Capability.

    Why CC-177? No "nyets 2007

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