CNBC

English

Proper noun

CNBC

  1. 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[1], archived from the original on 21 March 2021:
      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

CNBC (not comparable)

  1. 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[2], archived from the original on 7 February 2023:
      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[3], 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.

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