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AFC

American  
  1. American Football Conference.

  2. American Foxhound Club.

  3. Association Football Club.

  4. automatic flight control.

  5. automatic frequency control.


AFC British  

abbreviation

  1. Air Force Cross

  2. Association Football Club

  3. automatic flight control

  4. automatic frequency control

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The AFC said in a statement it continued to "closely monitor the recent developments in the Middle East during this challenging period".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Saturday's win saw them move one point ahead of Al-Hilal and they are also into the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Lots of teams could challenge the Patriots in the AFC, too, such as the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans and, sure, possibly the Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

That’s from a data set where the NFC has 30 Super Bowl victories, and the AFC has 29.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The opposing team was the AFC Lightning from Fayetteville, Georgia, a mostly white middle-class suburb south of Atlanta.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John