as in principles
usually ABC's or ABCs plural
general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based
a book on the ABCs of computer usage
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Astronomers denote variable stars by giving them a letter, and in this case T Tauri was the 20th variable star to be found in Taurus, while T being is 20th letter of the alphabet.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025 -
The alphabet has announced a second season of Olseon’s High Potential, which opened the new year with its largest audience - 12.9 million - across all platforms over seven days, according to Nielsen.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Traditional solutions, such as static knowledge bases, exacerbate the problem with poor user adoption, outdated structures, and inadequate search capabilities.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Many of these genes code for proteins involved in hormonal or metabolic pathways (sequence of reactions in which one substance converts to another) that are the basis for PCOS symptoms.—
Laura Young,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bevin’s grammar and politics were visceral rather than learned.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The primary impact was to tournament players and to the pedantic rule grammar police.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Some of the stream's elements worked, but it was still plagued by technical mishaps.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024
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But what stood out the most about the whole look was none of these elements.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
24 Dec. 2024
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“ABC.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ABC. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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