C
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Even Hawley calls Plan C a “referral and logistics hub.”
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Altana, which was founded in 2019, most recently raised $200 million in a Series C round in 2024 that valued the company at $1 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
One source claimed that the invitees’ arrival times were staggered such that there were A, B, C, and D lists.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Poly is in Pool C and the duo gets to take on receivers from Capistrano Valley, San Diego Lincoln, Servite and Santa Margarita.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
He made sure she got a box marked C and knocked on the door.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The buzz: Though lacking the sizzle of Brazil-Morocco, Group C’s other first-day matchup is no less important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
As I sit in the car with C after the second ICE vehicle sped off, the remaining Wagoneer idles midblock—right in front of C’s house.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026
In high school, I received mostly B’s and C’s, and I didn’t study for the SATs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Each of League C's six group winners will be promoted.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
But it wasn’t Uncle C’s, like in my nightmares.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
The 16-year-old hopes to get a minimum of five Cs, including maths and Welsh, to study for a Level 3 in agricultural engineering at Coleg Glynllifon.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
"And by now, they would have found them. There would be plan Bs and plan Cs, to make sure that we have reduced this exposure to the US."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
In high school, he said, his son got Cs and Ds, until he switched to the district’s independent study program.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
We climb in, folding into Cs, Madge squirming to get comfortable, her feet almost touching her head in a full circle.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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Beyond consent, the other two c’s, credit and compensation, have their own challenges, as illustrated even now with the high cost of litigation regarding infringements of copyright or patents.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 7, 2023
“It hasn’t rained in months,” she said, her Tuscan Italian full of soft g’s and c’s.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
On the other hand I can always tell you that I lost a spelling bee to Juanita Meyers in the fifth grade; the word was necessary, I misspelled it with two "c's."
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
Hard consonants - k's, d's, hard c's and hard g's - gave me hell.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2010
Double up on the c’s and the s’s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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A contestant in the Season 3 premiere lays out her "four cs" theory of success: "courage, creativity, cash and celebrity."
From Time Magazine Archive
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X. x, 2, 9; —— = cs and gs, 32. -x, decl. of monosyllables in, preceded by one or more cons.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
L cs - b4† In both notations the moves are often given in a tabular form, thus:— 1.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
The grammarians say that the character axis a monogram representing cs or gs.
From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston
Quintilian remarks that x is not an indispensable letter in Latin, implying that cs and gs could take its place.
From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston