C
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Beyond the improvements in blood vessel function and blood pressure, participants eating mango and avocado consumed more fiber, vitamin C, and monounsaturated fat.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
"As river valleys become increasingly populated, development decisions being made today will shape disaster risk for decades to come," warns the study's lead author, University of Leeds glaciologist C Scott Watson.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The social-media giant plans to launch an at-the-market program of up to $60 billion, which will be tied to the launch of its new Class C shares.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Citi C -1.08%decrease; down pointing triangle has received approval from Chinese regulators to set up a wholly owned securities company in China, a milestone in its yearslong effort to deepen its presence in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Figure 6.2: You can continue this series of perfect fifths to get the rest of the notes of a chromatic scale; the series would continue F sharp, C sharp, and so on.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Experiments using cancer models have provided additional evidence of vitamin C's possible protective effects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 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
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
Uncle C’s cackle echoed in my ears, and I shivered.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
Utsunomiya continued, "because we knew that most of the Cs in CsMPs is fission derived, we thought that analysis of the pollucite could yield the first ever direct images of radioactive Cs atoms."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
What was the difference between the As and the Cs?
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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
Don’t be tempted to double up on/’s or c’s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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A contestant in the Season 3 premiere lays out her "four cs" theory of success: "courage, creativity, cash and celebrity."
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
C or cz is pronounced as English ts; cs as English ch; ds as English j; zs as French j; gy as dy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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
Of these, x was equivalent to cs, while the equivalence of z is uncertain.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
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