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  • adverb before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born

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Examples

  • Our ancestors in China hit on the same notion around the year 1000 b.c.

    Not Your Parents’ Money Book Jean Chatzky 2010

  • The entire fourth floor had been gutted and remodeled into an extensive library that housed more than sixteen thousand volumes, including original manuscripts rescued from the Royal Library of Alexandria after Julius Caesar accidentally torched it in 48 b.c.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • I recommend the extension of a file called a.b.c be considered b.c rather than just c but there are various pros and cons to each option.

    Snell-Pym » A design for a Scheme web application framework 2007

  • But in philosophy, he was closer to his contemporary Siddhartha Gautama Buddha c. 560–480 b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • Ptolemy XII bequeathed his kingdom jointly to his son and daughter, who inherited it upon his death in 51 b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • It began in Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, during the fourth millennium b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • The Macedonians, a Greek people living in the north of mainland Greece, began the conquest and unification of Hellenic lands under Philip II of Macedonia in 352 b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • His teachings survived in some form until about 300 b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • Picture a windswept, desolate desert, the date, 2580 b.c.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • By analogy one can in Python traverse through nested dictionaries (d [ 'a'] [ 'b'] [ 'c']), or attributes (d. a.b.c).

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

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