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The word 'DC' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an acronym that stands for 'District of Columbia', which is the capital city of the United States. One example of using 'DC' in written English is: "I am planning a trip to DC to visit all the famous monuments and museums." In this sentence, 'DC' is used as a shorthand way to refer to the city of Washington D.C.
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DC
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District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
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Abid Gilani was a 55-year-old Wells Fargo executive who split his time between Washington DC and New York.
There were other gatherings in Ferguson, Missouri, and in Washington DC where people staged an impromptu sit-in at the junction of 14th Street and U – the site from which the famous 1968 riots spread out after the assassination of Martin Luther King.
At least one ethnic Uighur community in the US, in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC, enthusiastically volunteered to take in the detained men.
He also undertook reconnaissance missions in the UK and US in 2000 and 2001, during which he filmed buildings including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, the stock exchange and Citigroup in New York and the Prudential insurance premises in Newark, New Jersey.
Harvey was directly affected by 9/11, unable to collect her first Mercury award in 2001 – for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – as she was stuck in a Washington DC hotel watching the smoke rise from the Pentagon.
"We need a president that doesn't sit in Washington DC when world leaders are standing together against terrorism in Paris".
"Some people say I am too direct and too blunt; I think we can use a little bit of that in Washington DC," said Christie, who has been tarnished by allegations of political bullying during his time as governor of New Jersey.
Speaking to the Guardian ahead of this week's half-yearly meeting of the World Bank in Washington DC, Kim said he had been impressed by the energy of the divestment campaigns on university campuses in the US, aimed at persuading investors to remove their funds from fossil fuel companies.
*** In October 2012 a group of adults with learning difficulties took an organised trip to Washington DC.
In a speech held on 4 May at The National Press Club in Washington DC, Cerf elaborated on this theory.
Related: Bernie Sanders: 'Maybe I shouldn't say this: I like Hillary Clinton Sanderss officially announced his candidacy in a press conference on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington DC last month, but Tuesday's event serves as the formal kickoff for his presidential campaign.
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