C

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Instead of having just three parameters—a, b, and c in this quadratic—the latest A.I. chatbots are estimated to have trillions of parameters.

From Slate • May 25, 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

The formula for finding the roots of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is… The + sign gives us one root, while the – sign gives us the other.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife