cl
1 Americanabbreviation
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carload.
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claim.
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class.
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classification.
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clause.
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clearance.
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clerk.
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close.
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closet.
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cloth.
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carload.
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carload lot.
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center line.
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civil law.
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common law.
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symbol
symbol
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Etymology
Origin of CL
from Ceylon
Example Sentences
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Taiwo Awoniyi, who left Liverpool in 2021 without making a competitive appearance, hit the winner from cl ose range after his initial attempt came back off a post.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2022
Coconut water is being sold by luxury brands, at up to US$7 for 33 cl, about the same price as basic champagne.
From Time ● Nov. 28, 2016
Axford saved 42 straight to cl ose the season and converted 70 of 75 regular-season opportunities after taking over the role from Trevor Hoffman last May.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2011
I watch him so cl ose, I begin to feel a lightening in the head.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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This morning about 10 cl Josiah Basset died.
From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske
A second bottled water station which will also be open until 21:00 is open at Meadway Sports Centre, Conwy Cl, Reading RG30 4BZ.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
Each Cl atom now has seven electrons assigned to it, and the I atom has eight.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
A certain molecule contains one H atom and one Cl atom.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Two of the valence electrons in the HCl molecule are shared, and the other six are located on the Cl atom as lone pairs of electrons.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Yet if his harme by yours redresse might haue, Cl.
From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney
Pappas, the global head of AI for Colgate-Palmolive CL -2.06%decrease; red down pointing triangle , a 220-year-old consumer-products company, quickly interjected, pointing out that the agency was using an older tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Colgate-Palmolive CL 1.03%increase; green up pointing triangle said sales rose in the third quarter, as higher prices offset a decline in volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
They highlighted too many games and events, too much workload, complexity and financial imbalance and said: "Back to the roots, undo new CL format."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
CL: Everyone advises writers to let reviews have no effect, but I agree that pretending not to care is the most that most of us can manage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
His hand was just reaching out for the handle when he remembered: CL 475/19.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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Glover’s piece was blasted on Twitter by constitutional scholars—here is a tweetstorm by Josh Chafetz—pointing out that “this proposal has a big Article I, sec. 5, cl. 3 problem.”
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2019
Post 8vo, illust. bds., 2s.; cl. limp, 2s. 6d.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
New and Cheaper Ed., cr. 8vo, cl. ex., 7s. 6d.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
Cr. 8vo, cl. ex., 6s.; post 8vo, illust. bds., 2s.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
Post 8vo,1s. each; cl. limp, 1s. 6d. each.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir
Enter Vardos, old follower of Prince Basillio, c.l., carrying basket, covered by lid or napkin.
From The Ghost Breaker A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts by Dickey, Paul
Walnut. p.r., pith rays; c.l., concentric lines; v, vessels or pores; su. w., summer wood; sp. w., spring wood.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
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