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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

Graham was known as a C student in high school, and was the first member of his family to attend college.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

"We might have plan A and then quickly have to adapt to plan C, D and E before we know it."

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

For example, this scale would contain the same notes whether you start it on C or E.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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

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

I call them the three C’s: courts, crowds, and courage.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

However, Alison Downes, director of pressure group Stop Sizewell C, said ministers had not "come clean" about Sizewell C's cost, because "negotiations with private investors are incomplete".

From BBC Jun. 10, 2025

She groaned, anxious to get into the C’s where there was a book by Marie Corelli that she had peeped into and found thrilling.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

Alleah got three Cs, three Bs and an A, allowing her to go to Bridgend College to study performing arts.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2024

However, despite abundant Cs in the microparticles, direct atomic scale imaging of radioactive Cs in the particles has proven impossible.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

The bottom 150 were the Cs, the ones who Terman judged to have done the least with their superior mental ability.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Of these, x was equivalent to cs, while the equivalence of z is uncertain.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Longitudinal section of flower; v, bracteole on the peduncle; l, sepals; ls, appendage of sepal; c, petals; cs, spur of the lower petals; fs, glandular appendage of the lower stamens; a, anthers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Make 7 more cs, joining between a and bs in the same manner. d.

From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown

In early Latin, cs was often written for x.

From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston




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