Example Sentences

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Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

They celebrated their union in December, along with the news that a potential fight with the C-word had been called off.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 14, 2019

In this charged atmosphere, pastors and priests in Aligarh assiduously avoid the C-word.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2017

Put simply, it comes down to that dreaded C-word.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2017

That's why it's called an "Investigations Committee" with no mention of the term "computer-crime"—the dreaded "C-word."

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce