C

Example Sentences

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Here, E again represents energy, m is the particle's mass, and c is the speed of light.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Not every editor is quite as catholic with a little c, as ecumenical, as excited about such a range of writing as I am.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

This is often what I'd describe as campaigning with a small "c" – discreet conversations and planning, the vast majority a long way from the public gaze and deniable.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

I first saw “Watson and the Shark” in a tiny black-and-white reproduction in an article on “Painting” in a c.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“Precisely,” she'd say, and I quickly regretted the c and the s in that word.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English