Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation call to quarters
- noun Code letters used at the beginning of radio messages intended for all receivers.
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- noun General call; Calling all stations.
- initialism Australia Central
Queensland - initialism Canada Knight of the National Order of Quebec
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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CQ is reporting that despite threats from Republicans to delay considering the nomination of Kansas Gov.
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Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 as good as eighteen (CQ is in almost any Kabillion territory here); Spiderman - Disabled as good as Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine as good as X-Impulse
TV Anime Guide for Nov 09 Updated 1 Nov 09 admin 2009
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Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 as good as eighteen (CQ is in almost any Kabillion territory here); Spiderman - Disabled as good as Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine as good as X-Impulse
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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First, CQ is not a liberal-left wing rag as some of you suggest.
Matthew Yglesias » CQ Study Shows Obama’s Legislative Strategy is Working 2010
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Once above this threshold, the selective advantage conferred by this mutation becomes enormous and the pfcrt haplotype (now containing several sequentially acquired mutations) spreads rapidly across geographic regions where CQ is in common use.
Behe Responds 2007
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If you hear me calling CQ give me a shout, but please dont step on a station being worked.
eHam.net News 2009
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Shortly thereafter, I heard him calling CQ DX with no answers.
WN.com - Articles related to Sarah Palin Gaffs: Media mistakes you don't want to make 2009
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The Sierra Club will also be running a full-page advertisement in CQ, The Hill, Politico, Roll Call, and the National Journal’s Congress Daily AM tomorrow that mocks the “coalition to kill clean energy jobs” as “tall tales from Washington lobbyists.”
Wonk Room » MoveOn, Sierra Club Call For DOJ Investigation Of Bonner Fraud 2009
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Sherman, who according to CQ is expected to hold onto his seat, doesn’t seem worried: I’m not sure that ‘Babylon
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Sherman, who according to CQ is expected to hold onto his seat, doesn’t seem worried: I’m not sure that ‘Babylon
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