C.O.
Example Sentences
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It seemed significant that our hero came clean about killing his c.o., the darkest element of Don Draper’s origin story, after initially lying about his rank.
From Slate • May 11, 2015
The Selective Service Act makes it unmistakably clear that no one is to be exempted from the draft as a c.o. unless he holds to a "belief in a relation to a Supreme Being."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had said that his "humanitarian beliefs" forbade him to bear arms, but lost an appeal to the President for classification as a c.o.
From Time Magazine Archive
Investigators pronounced him sincere in his beliefs, but the draft authorities followed the Justice Department's advice and ruled that, by the letter of the law, he could not be considered a c.o.
From Time Magazine Archive
A New Yorker of draft age, Seeger claimed exemption as a conscientious objector, but he was an unusual sort of c.o.
From Time Magazine Archive
