CNBC
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]CNBC
- Initialism of Consumer News and Business Channel (an American television channel).
- 2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post:
- Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.
Adjective
[edit]CNBC (not comparable)
- Initialism of childless not by choice.
- Antonym: CBC
- 2021 December 8, Rosie Colosi, “How I learned to embrace my child-free life after wanting to be a mom for years”, in MSNBC[1], archived from the original on 2023-02-07:
- CNBC community members may have exhausted fertility and adoption options as Tennant did, they might not have carried a baby to term, or they might have not found the right life partner.
- 2023 June 19, Ashley Maier, “The Cruelty of Natalism”, in Psychology Today[2], New York, N.Y.: Sussex Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 June 2023:
- CNBC means just what it says: It describes individuals who don't have children and that wasn't their choice. It doesn't mean that everyone who is CNBC has experienced infertility, but a lot have. It doesn't mean that everyone who is CNBC has undergone fertility treatments, but a lot have.
