C
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The bot shot back: Actually, because she was born in Spain and her original name was Catalina, a C is correct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Similar to the other study, regular vitamin C supplements showed a reduction in severity of symptoms in children and adults by 8–14%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
A large part of Salesforce’s earnings gain comes from its investment in Anthropic, which first began during the artificial-intelligence company’s Series C funding round in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
This book is widely credited with the skyrocketing sales of vitamin C at the time, a trend that continues today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
You have extra French horn players, but they can't read bass clef C parts.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The buzz: Though lacking the sizzle of Brazil-Morocco, Group C’s other first-day matchup is no less important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
At a later date, Baby C's mother was given the non-confidential report and was led to believe it was the full document but she told the inquiry it was "woeful, information was missing".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
The woman scans my transcript—mostly C's bracketed by a couple of B's and D's.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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
"It was incredibly exciting to see the beautiful pattern of Cs atoms in the pollucite structure, where about half of the atoms in the image correspond to radioactive Cs."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Some Os and Qs and Cs long and narrow.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
I think about the curling g's and c's she was so proud to mark on her pages and show Du Barry when we were little.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
A contestant in the Season 3 premiere lays out her "four cs" theory of success: "courage, creativity, cash and celebrity."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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
X. x, 2, 9; —— = cs and gs, 32. -x, decl. of monosyllables in, preceded by one or more cons.,
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
