Cf
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Christian female.
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Also cf cubic foot; cubic feet.
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cystic fibrosis.
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Bookbinding. calf.
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Music. cantus firmus.
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Baseball. center fielder.
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compare.
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Etymology
Origin of cf.
From the Latin word confer
Example Sentences
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Eg: --Clickbait: Cf headline this story: "Its Own Worst Bug" --I read NYT and NPR web pages daily.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2017
Cf The United Nations must remain united for peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cf The University of Michigan's Dr. Gordon C. Brown: widespread Salk vaccination of childbearing women has led to unexpected complications in protecting their infants against polio.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cf Cut $3 billion out of the $10.6 billion asked for federal domestic agencies, chiefly by firing 100,000 employees and shaving secondary civilian programs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It chanced that King Charles having arrived with his host at Fresolone in Campagna, as he was descending towards Cepperano, the said Count Giordano, which was defending that Cf.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
Shares in top producers like Canada-based Nutrien and U.S.- based CF Industries Holdings, fell sharply from peaks in late March or early April.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 1993, Allen launched CF Entertainment on his dining room table in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
As it stands, the fertilizer market is small, with North American companies like Nutrien, Mosaic, and CF Industries accounting for more than $50 billion in global market cap space.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
It added: "There are no outstanding postal ballot packs at delivery offices in CF postcode area."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
How could they deport the parents of someone with CF?
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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The researchers found that this fungus acts as a lethal parasite in Ostreopsis cf. ovata, a species of algae responsible for toxic blooms that can negatively affect human health.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Large blooms of Ostreopsis cf. ovata have been reported more frequently in the Mediterranean over recent decades.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Scientists observed that the fungus parasitizes cells of O. cf. ovata and can kill them within a few days.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Spock in Star Trek 8. the catchphrase "With great power comes great responsibility"; cf. ...plus dozens of others we didn't notice or don't care about, in a movie that abandons creative storytelling for manifest destiny.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2011
The injunction that the head of the house should not appoint stewards, bailiffs or receivers without the consent of the major part of the convent was a common one; cf. ib.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
For this exhibition, the museum acquired Guthrie’s C.F.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Invented for that purpose in 1874 by C.F.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
The Johnson family, which has Boston roots dating to 1635 and made its initial fortune with the C.F.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
C.F. said he felt coerced and pressured by the power Betts had over his career ambitions and opportunities within the program, and so was reluctant to report the incident.
From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2019
His collected works, with an introduction by C.F.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
Ball, Slavery in the United States, 217; cf.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2015
Student is not the first white Australian woman to have attempted this course — cf.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2014
Additional English records, however, can at least be identified as cf.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2012
The place where he was seemed like a great field of boulders, with a flattened fortress at one end cf it—between the glass plates.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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