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cone

[kohn] / koʊn /
NOUN
circular-shaped object with pointed end
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The prices are particularly eye-catching for an expensive city like New York—a $1.19 cone of soft-serve or $3.79 milk tea, for instance.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Yvonne from Markinch out-of-school club placed a cone over the open drain overnight so no children would see and to prevent any other wildlife from getting hurt.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The bottom of the backlight is roughly 5 feet off the ground, making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Within about a minute, a cone ant would emerge and climb onto the larger ant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

In the cone of light, things are visible, but outside of the cone, you can’t see hardly at all.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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