LC
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left center.
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letter of credit.
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Printing. lower case.
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left centre (of a stage, etc)
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loco citato
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printing lower case
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Etymology
Origin of l.c.
From Latin locō citātō
Example Sentences
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In 1901 it started to use the LC classification system for organizing materials by subject, and by 1950, it had created the National Union Catalog, shaping how research libraries store their holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
The collaboration also taps into a sense of nostalgia, which can’t be said for other major brands, like Betsey Johnson or LC Lauren Conrad, that also came out with food-shaped purses of their own.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024
To see if there was a causal relationship between this increased activity and performance, they also used a method called optogenetics to increase activity in the LC while the animals were performing the task.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
Art pieces sprinkled throughout the park include “Those Who Came Before Us,” by artist Lisa Jackson of the Suquamish Tribe, and “Community,” by LC Pitre.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
Leeds; LC, Hunt. 24o 76 416 Microcosmographie or Characters Entry by the third hand.
From The Library of William Congreve by Hodges, John Cunyus
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