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cubic.
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cumulus.
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Etymology
Origin of Cu
From the Latin word cuprum
Example Sentences
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And don’t necessarily consider it a theater, either, although its current programming includes a Cirque cu Soleil favorite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
Typically, the noodles in this dish, called cu chao mian, are thick, chewy and wheaty, and they give the simply seasoned stir-fry much of its appeal.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Automobile secured, we spent the afternoon in the drizzle wandering old Bucharest and stumbled into the Caru cu Bere restaurant in the district of Lipscani.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2017
The infamous Laki event of 1783-84 threw up 15 cu km of lava and probably produced some 110 million tonnes of SO2.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2015
She hopes it isn’t the start of Dead Butt Syndrome—tendonitis in the cu, basically—something Coach Kwan warned them about.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
“Together we unite to build a world of peace and happiness and no war,” Cu added.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Then, the researchers used a rapid thermal annealing process to form dewetted Cu nanoparticles with optimal size and distribution.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
In the lab, Wu and Shaknov used it to bombard a sheet of copper with deuterons, generating an unstable isotope, Cu 64, as a source of positrons—the antimatter.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2023
The production of copper from chalcocite is performed by roasting the Cu2S in air to produce the Cu.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
But the King, Conor MacNessa, said, That’s all very well for you, Cu, but the men of Ireland don’t want to be lonely in the far reaches of the night.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
“I like to think I can think for myself,” CU Denver graduate Masse said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Also here is a 1934 Chrysler Airflow Series CU Sedan, featuring a teardrop design first introduced by aeronautical automobile pioneer Paul Jaray, who designed Zeppelins before turning to automobiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Local convenience store chain CU launched its Dubai chewy rice cake in October, and has sold some 1.8 million pieces of it in the last few months.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
The CU Boulder team wanted an insulating material that would maintain clarity while providing strong thermal resistance.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025
Then: CU of the pad in front of him.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
During a December 2007 conference call with investors, Engelder estimated the recoverable amount of natural gas in the Marcellus at 50 trillion cu. ft.
From Time ● Mar. 31, 2011
Energy Information Administration more than doubled its estimates of recoverable domestic shale-gas resources to 827 trillion cu. ft.
From Time ● Mar. 31, 2011
Wholesale natural gas sells for about $1.50 per 1,000 cu. ft., the equivalent of $9 per bbl. for oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Typically, residents of the Southwest today pay up to $45 per 1,000 cu. ft. of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Cutting out, my cu. Agnelli Curse,” she says to the dead air of the phone.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
O. N. verr, worse, Norse verr, verre, Dan. værre, Sw. värr, Cu. waar.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Cu. claggy, adhesive, clog, to stick to, O. E. clæg, from which N. Eng. clay.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Cu. sleck has further developed the umlaut ö to e.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
In Cu. lug means "the handle of a pail."
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Cu. dozent, stupefied, and Mansie Wauch, 207, 24, dozing, whirling, sprawling.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
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