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.
Commodity Credit Corporation.
continuous chest compressions: a form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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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
The CCC told the BBC the government had not asked it to provide advice specifically on data centres.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
However, the CCC says this number needs to rise to nearly 450,000 a year by 2030 and 1.5 million by 2035 to help meet climate targets.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 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
We wanted to miss the part about Roosevelt and the CCC camps.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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