bc
abbreviation
basso continuo.
bc
1 Americanabbreviation
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Music. basso continuo.
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blind copy: used as a notation on the copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge. Also
BC
2
American
abbreviation
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Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.
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British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).
B/C
3
American
b.c.
4
American
Or
B.C.
abbreviation
B.C.
5
American
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Chemistry.
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Bachelor of Commerce.
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bass clarinet.
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battery commander.
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British Columbia.
BC
British
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Also: B.C.. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ Compare AD
in 54 bc Caesar came
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British Columbia
Usage
The abbreviation b.c. “before Christ” is always placed after a date or century: Cleopatra lived from 69 to 30 b.c. The war took place in the first century b.c. See also a.d. 1
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“What other artist comes out and greets fans bc the show was cancelled?? We don’t deserve you Edward,” added another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
“There needs to be an age limit on congressional positions bc this was so embarrassing,” one user wrote in the caption of a video posted on Friday.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Allen said: When LT blocked him, not Sweat, he knew to stay outside bc Sweat would go inside.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
They didn't want people to see my tweets and support me more & more bc they want to control information.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022
In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Researchers believe the stones were transported and raised during the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, possibly around 2000 BC.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
LIV said that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement with BC Partners, the British investment firm, and other potential investors to recapitalize the organization when it emerges from bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Since the 12th century BC, fencing has been a source of both combat and entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The BC Wildfire Service reported more than 100 active wildfires in the province as of late Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Around 435 BC, he conspired to overthrow the tyrant of Elea, Nearchus.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
So, diagram the A/B premise and the B/C premise onto the three circles.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
“Out of an abundance of caution, TSA evacuated the B/C and D/E security checkpoints to ensure the safety of its employees and travelers,” a TSA spokesperson said in an email.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
He’s a smart kid and normally a strong B/C student.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2021
As the BBC revealed on Wednesday, the inspectorate's findings on HMP Liverpool - a local category B/C prison, which also takes people on remand - are damning across the board.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2017
Taagepera, R. Size and duration of empires growth-decline curves, 3000 to 600 b.c.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
French archaeologists, for example, have found exquisite ceramic figurines, bowls and funerary objects at sites that date from at least 8000 b.c.
From Time Magazine Archive
The starting point is generally calculated to have been August n, 3114, b.c., though some archaeologists put the proper date at August 10 or 13, or even September 6.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Scaliger chose Day 0 as January 1, 4713, b.c.;
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Tres Zapotes dated back to at least 1000 b.c.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
One of its largest known eruptions occurred in 122 B.C.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
By sequencing and measuring crystals formed in the magma, the researchers reconstructed what happened during the 122 B.C. eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the middle of the first century B.C.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Khichdi, derived from the Sanskrit word khicca, meaning a dish made with rice and legumes, dates back to the ninth century B.C.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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