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U.K.

abbreviation for

  1. United Kingdom.


UK

1

abbreviation for

  1. United Kingdom
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uk

2

the internet domain name for

  1. United Kingdom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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This means the upper atmosphere ends up contracting “like a balloon being placed in liquid helium,” Matthew Brown, a systems engineer at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., explained to Salon.

From Salon

He later moved to the U.K., directing for both stage and TV.

Going out to raves in London and around the U.K., we were standing next to sound systems that were shaking your whole body to understand what music can do.

Last month, Alvin Gibbs, bassist of the British punk band U.K.

The government published a webpage asking businesses for input on identifying which American products the U.K. should implement tariffs on, with the most minimal impact on the British economy.

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