tuc

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Definition of tuc

3 senses · 2 parts of speech

name

(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Trades Union Congress, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales.

“An early instance, says the TUC, of the kind of unholy alliance between lawyers, police, government and News International that exemplifies the "malign and corrosive" influence of Rupert Murdoch on the British establishment.”
“He said that Farage had pushed a “very divisive narrative” on migration, after the TUC argued that the UK should forge much closer ties with Europe amid an increasingly volatile and unpredictable global economy.”

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name

(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Trades Union Congress, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales.

“An early instance, says the TUC, of the kind of unholy alliance between lawyers, police, government and News International that exemplifies the "malign and corrosive" influence of Rupert Murdoch on the British establishment.”
“He said that Farage had pushed a “very divisive narrative” on migration, after the TUC argued that the UK should forge much closer ties with Europe amid an increasingly volatile and unpredictable global economy.”
The station code of Tung Chung in Hong Kong.

noun

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of time of useful consciousness: The time one may remain functional after a rapid decompression event without supplemental oxygen, at altitudes higher than that which one may remain functional at in ambient pressures.

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