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cm

1 American  
Or cm
  1. centimeter; centimeters.


Cm 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. curium.


CM 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Christian male.

  2. Common Market


c/m 4 American  
  1. (of capital stocks) call of more.


c.m. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. church missionary.

  2. common meter.

  3. corresponding member.

  4. court-martial.


C.M. 6 American  

abbreviation

Roman Catholic Church.
  1. Congregation of the Mission.


cm 1 British  

symbol

  1. centimetre

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cm 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Cameroon

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CM 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Member of the Order of Canada

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Cm 4 British  

symbol

  1. curium

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cm Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of centimeter


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From Scientific American

“We spend as much time now talking to the C.M.O.s of businesses as we do the C.F.O.s and the people who own the payments part,” he said.

From New York Times

Thirteen people were arrested, ranging in age from 18 to 62, the R.C.M.P said.

From New York Times

Beth Hale, partner at employment law firm C M Murray, said claims of direct discrimination due to this kind of sick pay policy were unlikely to succeed as being opposed to vaccination was "unlikely to be a protected belief for the purposes of the Equality Act."

From BBC

The men who were once incarcerated in the C.M.U.s in Terre Haute and Marion described the units as a political prison; many of them believed that they were sent there because of their views about American foreign policy or because of their political activity.

From New York Times