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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

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

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

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

A contestant in the Season 3 premiere lays out her "four cs" theory of success: "courage, creativity, cash and celebrity."

From Time Magazine Archive

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




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