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
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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
Understanding how a relatively small brain structure like the LC impacts such an important function as attention is also one step toward solving the overall puzzle of the brain.
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
A delicate and agonizing policy question for LC, however, which comes back to resources and unfortunately has an impact on this, is to find some appropriate, honorable, and legal cost-recovery possibilities.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
This is suggested especially by Mark 1:35; and also by Isaiah 50:4-6 coupled with John 7:16 l.c.,
From Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
This has been well seen and expressed by W. Otto, l.c. p.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
De Marchi l.c. compares the common shrine of the Neapolitan lodging-house.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
On the later history of the Catharist Church see my article "Novatian," l.c.,
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
Whilst Eucharist and love feast had already been separated from the middle of the 2nd century in the West, they were still united in Alexandria in Clement's time; see Bigg, l.c., p.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
As the small aircraft manufacturers that would eventually become, or be replaced by, Lockheed, Douglas and Northrop planted themselves on the West Coast, L.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
L.C. became the foundation for the lawsuit the Department of Justice levied against Georgia in 2010 that sought to force the state to fix its system.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
The Pioneers’ three wins last week included a nonconference victory over Richmond-area power L.C.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
Nunn identified some of the greatest untapped football talent in the country — Joe Greene, Donnie Shell, John Stallworth, L.C.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
The first thing he saw was a green suit-case, with the initials L.C. painted on the lid.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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In the lower part of the figure the cortex has been cut away to show the axis, ax, and the longitudinal canals, lc, surrounding it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Cap Capitalize. lc Lower case; small letter. δ Delete; omit. stet Restore the words crossed out.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
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