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  • CCC
    CCC
    abbreviation
    Civilian Conservation Corps: the former U.S. federal agency (1933–1943), organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees, improving parks, etc.
  • c.c.c.
    c.c.c.
    abbreviation
    cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus; a public limited company in Wales

CCC

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Civilian Conservation Corps: the former U.S. federal agency (1933–1943), organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees, improving parks, etc.

  2. Commodity Credit Corporation.

  3. continuous chest compressions: a form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


CCC 2 American  
Symbol.
  1. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than B and higher than CC.


c.c.c. British  

abbreviation

  1. cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus; a public limited company in Wales

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The CCC stresses that reducing carbon emissions is essential to limit climate change, but it says that further consequences for the UK are inevitable.

From BBC May 19, 2026

The CCC does not suggest a maximum temperature but points to the example of Spain, where the maximum legal working temperature indoors is 27C for sedentary work and 25C for light physical work.

From BBC May 19, 2026

The CCC points to the twin threats of winter flooding and summer droughts, with increasingly wet winters and dry summers expected on average with further climate change.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Earlier this month, S&P Global Ratings downgraded China Vanke’s credit rating further into junk territory, to CCC from B-minus, saying the company’s financial commitments appear to be unsustainable.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

“Hard to tell, since it’s a secret organization. However, the Capital Citizens’ Council, or CCC, is not a secret club.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

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