Cs
1 Americanabbreviation
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capital stock.
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civil service.
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chief of staff.
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Christian Science.
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Christian Scientist.
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Civil Service.
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Confederate States.
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Also: cs. capital stock
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chartered surveyor
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Christian Science
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Christian Scientist
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Civil Service
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Also: cs. Court of Session
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Example Sentences
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Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
"And by now, they would have found them. There would be plan Bs and plan Cs, to make sure that we have reduced this exposure to the US."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
Alleah got three Cs, three Bs and an A, allowing her to go to Bridgend College to study performing arts.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2024
Learning this and informed by modelling, the team set about pain-staking analysis that saw Utsunomiya, graduate student Kanako Miyazaki, and the team finally image radioactive Cs atoms.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
The Cs, on the other hand, were from the other side of the tracks.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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