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scandium.
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scale.
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scene.
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science.
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scientific.
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screw.
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scruple.
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sculpsit.
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Scotch.
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Scotland.
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Scots.
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Scottish.
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Printing. small capitals.
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supercalendered.
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Sanitary Corps.
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Security Council (of the U.N.).
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Signal Corps.
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South Carolina.
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Staff Corps.
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Supreme Court.
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Signal Corps
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South Carolina
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(in Canada) Star of Courage
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scilicet
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Etymology
Origin of sc.
From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”
Example Sentences
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This effect was confirmed through ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, which revealed the migration pathways of protons near the Sc cation when transporting across the material.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
The MOF, one of four tested in a collaboration among scientists from Oregon State and Tiangong University in China, is based on scandium, chemical symbol Sc, and a carboxylate linker, TBAPy.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Write a set of quantum numbers for each of the electrons with an n of 3 in a Sc atom.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
For instance: ”Show Report for 06/08/2010: Act 1, Sc.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010
As far as responsibility goes, no one really wants it—but all of us are responsible to the community we live in Sc its laws.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
“That was a little bit, in that moment, my way to test how committed SC was,” Riley said Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The comments come at a delicate time for LAFC, which has let potential MLS wins slip away despite showing competitive moments recently against St. Louis City SC and Nashville SC.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Sue Chrysanthou SC, acting for MacInnes, was forceful on her cross-examination of Wilson with a tense atmosphere filling the room as she opened her questioning.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Lionel Messi became only the second player in history to reach 900 top-level career goals after scoring in Inter Miami's match against Nashville SC on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
But if more than threefourths, or even the whole was left in trust to be transferred, the SC.
From The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle
—Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act ii, sc. vii.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
Compare Part II. sc. iii. line 26, vide post, p.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
Coleridge detected Shakespeare’s hand in act I., act II. sc. i., and act III. sc. i. and ii.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
Withdraw the board from the loops, twist these, and on the sc. work a second round of sc. with similar worsted, at the same time fastening in a chain stitch foundation worked with écru cotton.
From Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Manfred, act i. sc. i, line 248, vide post, p.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
D., D. Sc., famed British chemist and oldest Fellow of the Royal Society, appeared in brown velvet jacket and bright magenta waistcoat with one mauve lapel, one blue.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word has a common origin with Isl. ballaðr, Fr. boulet, Sc. boule, in Doug.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Sc. 2., where instead of "you witch, you hagge," it is misprinted "you witch, you ragge."
From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Again, if H. C. K. had looked at Collier's edit., he would have seen that in Act I. Sc. 2., princely is the reading of the second folio, and not a modern conjecture.
From Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
It occurs again in 'Le Médecin Volant,' Sc. x., but does not seem to have been employed elsewhere by Molière.
From The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) by Charles Heron Wall
X all round. 21st: X 1 slip on s.c.,
From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
I. is the intestine, coe. the coelom, s.c. the spinal cord; n.c. the notochord, surrounded by n.s., the notochordal sheath, ao. is the dorsal aorta.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At the other end, do a row to close the round, with the plain scarlet in s.c.; on which work X 6 ch., miss 4, s.c. under 5th, X 10 times.
From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
With the white silk, make a chain of 120 stitches, and do one round in s.c.
From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
Decrease the next and all succeeding rows one square at each end, by working on the first four d.c. stitches of the row 1 slip, 2 s.c.,
From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
Cecily Craig, 71, lives a short walk away from her centenarian widowed mother at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill, S.C., each in their own apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
When emergency responders in Greenville, S.C., found Panettiere in an apartment on Sunday, she was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
She was found unresponsive at an apartment complex in Greenville, S.C., shortly before 2 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
According to a statement from the Greenville, S.C., police department, medical assistance was administered to Panettiere after an acquaintance placed a 911 call, before Panettiere was pronounced dead at the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Statues commemorate several of those who have been foremost in the development of the city, such as Sir Titus Salt, Mr S.C.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Being a clemson fan and born and raised in the town where sc state is located I have to comment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
They wanted enough change, sc that while remaining in the Navy the air service would be free from interference from non-flying officers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The air came up warmer a id sweeter every moment, sc sweet that it almost brought the tears to your eyes.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Thus, the 13th verse is partly quoted in Romeo and Juliet, A. ii. sc.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
It is mentioned in many writers: as in "The Wild Goose Chase," act ii. sc.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
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