C
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Once poured into a cup, that lowers to around 90 or 95 degrees C.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
A separate study, external of 118 young adults who did multiple tastings of different black coffees found most only deemed the drinks to be too hot if the temperature was 70 degrees C or above.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
AI startup Wonderful raised $550 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $5 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Insight Partners, a returning investor, led the Series C round with a $150 million check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The L and C program is located inside the mountain,” Regan said.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
As I sit in the car with C after the second ICE vehicle sped off, the remaining Wagoneer idles midblock—right in front of C’s house.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 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
Baby C's mother said she had not been handed the full report until eight years after her son's death.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
In these small moments, seeing Baby C’s joy from playing basketball, reminded Clarendon of their own passion for the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
The lack of emotion in Uncle C’s voice forced my head around before I could stop myself.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
"And by now, they would have found them. There would be plan Bs and plan Cs, to make sure that we have reduced this exposure to the US."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
A significant amount of radioactive Cs was released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors in particulate form.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
“Bill Russell invented blocking! He helped the Cs win eleven championships and was MVP five times!”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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
L cs - b4† In both notations the moves are often given in a tabular form, thus:— 1.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" 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
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
The grammarians say that the character axis a monogram representing cs or gs.
From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Harry Thurston Peck
