pc
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piece.
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prices.
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petty cash.
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price current.
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Past Commander.
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British. Police Constable.
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Post Commander.
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British. Prince Consort.
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British. Privy Council.
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per cent
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postcard
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obsolete (in prescriptions) post cibum
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parsec
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personal computer
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Parish Council(lor)
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Past Commander
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(in Britain and Canada) Police Constable
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politically correct
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Prince Consort
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(in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)
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(in Canada) Progressive Conservative
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petty cash
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price current
Etymology
Origin of p.c.
From Latin post cibōs
Example Sentences
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Co-host Joy Behar, also a comedian, had asked Allen about "pc culture" which she said made comedy "really hard."
From Fox News ● Nov. 26, 2019
Bill Gates promised a pc on every desktop and delivered.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
If we take m to be zero in this equation, then E = pc , or p = E / c .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
He went on: “I don’t play colleges but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges, they’re so pc.’
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2015
The value 5⁄3 is to be considered as only a mean value, because of the inequality of pc.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
The intense demand for server CPUs and rising memory-chip prices have cut into both PC production and shipments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The company’s client-computing group, which includes PC CPUs, is expected to see second-quarter revenue of $8 billion, which would represent year-over-year growth of just 1.7%, according to FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Saha noted that the company had survived antitrust battles, the PC wars and the rise of the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
"Elder Scrolls 6, the sequel to Skyrim, which is one of the most popular PC games of all time, that's been in development for a decade at this point," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
We the Coalition hereby grant the PCC express permission to fully implement their PC Initiative #1 as presented in full and attached below.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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To the naked eye, the hats may be mistaken for an overturned bucket of the chain's signature 8 pc. fried chicken meal.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023
More telling is Jobs' view that the p.c. world is "slipping away."
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2010
There's a lot about the p.c. world we'd all like to see disappear, but freedom to make our own choices is not one of them.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2010
Whether you call it p.c. or whatever, it is still a form of intimidation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It's a great way to make a statement, but at $250 a pop, being p.c. can be costly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In 1911-12 it was 157,650 acres, and the interest earned was 9¾ p.c.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir
Assuming that’s the case, Neil Carbone, a trusts and estates partner at the law firm Farrell Fritz, P.C., believes that would be feasible.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Attorneys at the James & Hoffman, P.C., law firm are arguing in their proposed class action that this mass firing constitutes a reduction-in-force action, which would require a 60-day notice.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
The same day, Hunter Biden transferred $400,000 from Hudson West III and into the bank account of his law firm, Owasco P.C.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The plaintiffs' counsel Seeger Weiss LLP and Douglas & London P.C. said the settlement will resolve litigation against AstraZeneca for about 11,000 claims.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
With dinner about to be served, this was hardly the moment to be summoning P.C.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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